Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life
- Publisher : Chatto & Windus
- Illustrations : b/w photos, illus, maps
Description:
Biography of scientist and explorer Wallace, who in 1858 claimed to have worked out the theory of natural selection, only to be overlooked in favour of Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'
Condition
Vg in d/w. Marginal browning to pages. Loosely inserted are: a postcard from Elwyn Hughes, author of a biography of A.R. Wallace (in Welsh), and a reprint, 'Alfred Russel Wallace; some notes on the Welsh connection' by Elwyn Hughes (BJHS, 1989, 22: 101-418).