| Alfred Russel Wallace & the Origin of New Species by Ami Friedman, with contributions from Douglas Allchin
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Visuals Begin presentation here: title London, 1844 Queen Victoria & family Turner painting railroads slavery -- abolished Bristol riots, 1831 women's suffrage Martin Chuzzlewit London gas lighting Alfred Russel Wallace, age 24 [courtesy of George Beccaloni] text: Wallace's recollection on being introduced to plants text: Wallace's recollection on collecting beetles Henry Walter Bates (1866) Alexander Humboldt & Charles Darwin Stephen's advertisement mammoth, from The Vestiges of Natural HIstory of Creation [Fig. 69] collectors (Haeckel & Maclay, 1866) shipwreck (by Turner) London's Crystal Palace, dedicated by Qu. Victoria Bleak House London, 1846 Wallace & family [courtesy of George Beccaloni] Wallace, 1853 or1854 [courtesy of George Beccaloni] Wallace's route through the Malay archipelago Wallace's assistant, Ali Wallace's Asian specimens: bird-wing butterflies [Museum of Natural History, London] more specimens: beetles [Museum of Natural History, London] text: Wallace's 1854 letter from Singapore on collecting insects and more [Museum of Natural History, London] Asian & South American trogons bird-wing butterflies [courtesy of Ken Thorne] and more: butterflies [Museum of Natural History, London] lesser sulfur-crested cockatoo [Edward Lear, 1832] text: Wallace's 1856 letter on biogeographical discontinuities Wallace line four types of bird-wing butterflies [after Brooks, 1984, Fig. 5.1] [butterfly images courtesy of Ken Thorne] Wallace, c. 1862, with friend Frederick Geach [courtesy of George Beccaloni] Charles Darwin, 1857 text: Darwin's letter to Lyell in 1958 Darwin & Wallace [courtesy of George Beccaloni] similarities between Wallace & Darwin differences between Wallace & Darwin epilog: memorial plaque [medals from Linnaean Society, July 1, 1908] NOS features Credits Supplemental Activities: Reading Wallace's Letters "Wallace is Shipwrecked and Loses His Collections" "Qualities of a Good Field Assistant" "Collecting Insects in Singapore" "The Insects of the Malay Archipelago" "Wallace Comments on Darwin's Work" "Wallace's Sense of Humour and Admiration for Darwin" Websites Victorian Web Provides information and images related to the Victorian Era The Alfred Russel Wallace Website Provides information, images, blogs, podcasts, and more related to Alfred Russel Wallace The Alfred Russel Wallace Page Provides information, bibliography, texts of writings, and more related to Wallace Natural History Museum of London, Wallace Collection Access to images of Wallace's specimens, photos, educational activities & more The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online Original Papers, illustrations, and manuscripts of Darwin and Wallace's works