Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a man of many talents - an explorer ... Four years later the pair headed for the Amazon, having been inspired by stories of discovery in the New World and Oceania ...

In 1848, the bank of the Amazon River was not where you'd expect to find an ... In his early twenties, Bates met by chance a man named Alfred Russel Wallace in the local library. Fourteen years later, ...

In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, next to Charles Darwin’s memorial, is a white marble roundel with a profile relief bust to the memory of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace ... collecting ...