Wallace,Alfred Russel

Wallace,Alfred Russel
Wal·lace (wŏlʹĭs), Alfred Russel. 1823-1913.
British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin. His works include The Geographical Distribution of Animals (1876).

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  • Wallace, Alfred Russel — born Jan. 8, 1823, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales died Nov. 7, 1913, Broadstone, Dorset, Eng. British naturalist. Though trained as a surveyor and architect, he became interested in botany and traveled to the Amazon in 1848 to collect specimens. In… …   Universalium

  • Wallace, Alfred Russel — (8 ene. 1823, Usk, Monmouthshire, Gales–7 nov. 1913, Broadstone, Dorset, Inglaterra). Naturalista británico. Aunque se formó como topógrafo y arquitecto, se interesó por la botánica y viajó al Amazonas en 1848 para recolectar especímenes. En… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Wallace , Alfred Russel — (1823–1913) British naturalist Wallace, who was born at Usk in Wales, received only an elementary schooling before joining an elder brother in the surveying business. In 1844 he became a master at the Collegiate School, Leicester, where he met… …   Scientists

  • WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL —    English naturalist, born at Usk, in Monmouthshire; was devoted to the study of natural history, in the interest of which he spent four years (1848 52) in the valley of the Amazon, and eight years after (1854 62) in the East India Archipelago,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Wallace, Alfred Russel —  (Not ll.) (1823–1913) British naturalist …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Wallace, Alfred Russel —    F.R.S., LL.D., etc. (b. 1823)    Naturalist and evolutionist. Travels on the Amazon (1853), Palm Trees of the Amazon (1853), The Malay Archipelago (1869), Natural Selection (1870), The Geographical Distribution of Animals (1876), Tropical… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Alfred Russel Wallace — Infobox Scientist name = Alfred Russel Wallace image width = 200px caption = Alfred Russel Wallace birth date = birth date|1823|1|8|df=yes birth place = Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales death date = death date and age|1913|11|7|1823|1|8|df=yes death… …   Wikipedia

  • Alfred Russel Wallace — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Wallace. Alfred Russel Wallace Naissance 8 janvier 1823 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Alfred Russel Wallace — Alfred Russel Wallace …   Wikipedia Español

  • Alfred Russel Wallace — um 1908 Alfred Russel Wallace (* 8. Januar 1823 in Usk, Monmouthshire; † 7. November 1913 in Broadstone, Dorset) war ein britischer Naturforscher. Bei seinem Aufenthalt im Indonesischen Archipel erkannte er, dass zwischen den indonesischen Inseln …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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