My Life a Record of Events and OpinionsRead Books Ltd, 25. mai 2016 - 504 pages This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'My Life a Record of Events and Opinions' is an autobiography that details Wallace's experiences from schoolboy to scientist. It discusses his exploration of the Amazon, his lecture tour of America, and many other interesting periods of his life. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory. |
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... father was practically an only son, an elder boy dying when three months old; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve, and his mother when he was an infant, he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family history. I ...
... father was practically an only son, an elder boy dying when three months old; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve, and his mother when he was an infant, he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family history. I ...
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... father's name was Thomas Vere Wallace, and it therefore seems probable that his father was a tenant of the first Baron Vere, and in his will he is styled “Victualler.” He probably kept the inn on the estate. The only further scrap of ...
... father's name was Thomas Vere Wallace, and it therefore seems probable that his father was a tenant of the first Baron Vere, and in his will he is styled “Victualler.” He probably kept the inn on the estate. The only further scrap of ...
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... father and my sister Eliza are buried, but which belonged to a brother of my mother's grandfather, William Greenell, as shown by the inscription. I will now say a few words about my father's early life, and the various family troubles ...
... father and my sister Eliza are buried, but which belonged to a brother of my mother's grandfather, William Greenell, as shown by the inscription. I will now say a few words about my father's early life, and the various family troubles ...
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... father lived up to his income or very nearly so; and from what we know of his after life this did not imply any ... father to pay for work and materials, and partly, no doubt, from the affair being in the hands of persons without the ...
... father lived up to his income or very nearly so; and from what we know of his after life this did not imply any ... father to pay for work and materials, and partly, no doubt, from the affair being in the hands of persons without the ...
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... father died in 1843. These last fifteen years of his life were a period of great trouble and anxiety, his affairs becoming more and more involved, till at last the family became almost wholly dependent on my mother's small marriage ...
... father died in 1843. These last fifteen years of his life were a period of great trouble and anxiety, his affairs becoming more and more involved, till at last the family became almost wholly dependent on my mother's small marriage ...
Contents
LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH | |
FOUR YEARS IN THE AMAZON VALLEY | |
LONDON AND VOYAGE TO THE EAST | |
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO | |
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO | |
LIFE IN LONDON 18621871SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY WORK | |
SIR CHARLES LYELL AND CHARLES DARWIN | |
HERBERT SPENCER HUXLEY AND OTHER FRIENDS | |
BRECKNOCKSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE | |
SELFEDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE | |
HOME LIFE AND WORK | |
A LECTURE TOUR IN AMERICA | |
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