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Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1913)

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Alfred Russel Wallace

English naturalist (1823–1913)

Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles…
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January 8

Day of the year

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.
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