Person

Wallace, Alfred Russell (1823 - 1913)

Born: 8 January 1823
Died: 7 November 1913

Summary

Alfred Wallace flourished around 1855-1861. During this period he listed Australian birds.

Published resources

Books

Burnet, Ian, Where Australia collides with Asia: the epic voyages of Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, and the origin of "On the origin of species by natural selection" (Sydney: Rosenberg Publications, 2017), 206 pp. Details
McCalman, Iain,, Darwin's Armada (Camberwell (Vic.) : Viking, 2009), 422 pp. Details
Raby, Peter, Alfred Russell Wallace: a life (London: Pimlico, 2002), 340 pp. Details

Journal Articles

Owen, Janet, 'Alfred Russell Wallace's collecting journey in Dorey, New Guinea', Journal of the history of collections, 32 (1) (2020), 129-41. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/fhy044. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q160627. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/19767134. Details
'Wallace, Alfred Russell', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473188. Details

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