1858 in science
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The year 1858 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on t
1858 in science
…Pandora from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, New York. Publication of Darwin's theory of evolution: June 18 – Charles Darwin receives papers from Alfred Russel Wallace setting out the latter's theory of natural selection which he forwards to Charles Lyell. July 1 – Darwin and Wallace's papers on their theories of…
Wallace in 1895
A photograph from Wallace's autobiography shows the building Wallace and his brother John designed and built for the Neath Mechanics' Institute.
Arenga pinnata sketched by Wallace in Celebes, reworked by Walter Hood Fitch
Wallace collected many specimens, such as this Mino anais anais from South West Papua, 1863.