> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 33](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066373) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11346-1) LSID 11346-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160627) QID Q160627 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913), British explorer, zoologist and botanist; collected with H.W. Bates in S. America 1848-1852, in the Malay Archipelago 1854-1862. **Abbreviated name**: *Wallace* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wallace*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]; further material in [[Collection BM|BM]] (Borneo ferns), [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection O|O]]. –*Manuscripts* at the Linnean Society, London. – The material collected during the Amazon expedition of 1848-1852 was lost in fire on ship 6 August 1852. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 10, 348; Backer p. 620; Barnhart 3: 453; BB p. 314; BM 5: 2256, 8: 1387; CSP 6: 247-248, 8: 1186, 11: 739-740, 19: 450; Desmond p. 635-636 (q.v. for sec. refs.); DNB 1912-1921: 546-549; DSB 14: 133-144 (H.L. McKinney); Ewan ed. 1: 97, 106, 330, ed. 2: 230; Herder p. 33, 292; Jackson p. 374, 502; KR p. 747-748; Lenley p. 426; LS 40394; Morren ed. 10, p. 75; NI 2097; PR 9943; Quenstedt p. 450; Rehder 5: 899; SK 1: 555-557, 4: cxxiv; TL-2/11.793, 12.719, see R. Spruce; Tucker 1: 14, 728-729; Urban-Berl. p. 323; Zander ed. 10, p. 729, ed. 11, p. 832. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 188, 195-198, 228, 248. 1967. - Anon., Bonplandia 1: 134 (in press), 254 (publ. 20 Nov 1853), 259-260 (review). 1853; Bot. Not. 1914: 31; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 252: 148-154. 1965; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 217: 438-444. 1973; Ibis 2: 133-136. 1914 (obit.); Men of the time ed. 12: 1024-1025. 1887; Nature 43: 136. 1891, 4(8): 10. 1893, 78: 221-223. 1908, 79: 136. 1908 (Darwin medal, Copley medal), 92: 322. 1913, 97: 58. 1916 (medallion); Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 35: 1-2. 1915 (d.); Science ser. 2. 30: 830. 1909, 35: 487. 1912, 37: 328. 1913, 38: 700. 1913; The Darwin-Wallace celebration... 1 July 1908, London 1908, 139 p.; The Linnean 1(3): 13. 1984 (notebooks 1856-1862, 1886-1887 at LINN), 1(4): 19-20. 1985 (id.); Who's who (London) 1897-1914; Who was who (London) 1897-1916: 737. 1935. - Beer, G. de, Ann. Rep. Smiths. 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(cites sec. lit. up to 1972). - Magner, L.N., Hist, life sci. 390-391. 1979. - Marchant, J., Alfred Russel Wallace, letters and reminiscenses, 2 vols. 1916 (rev. Nature 97: 337. 1916). - Moody, J.W.T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 5(6): 474-476. 1971 (the reading of the Darwin and Wallace papers: a historical non event). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 425. 1969. - Nordenskiöld, E., Hist. biol. 485-488, 588. 1949. - Osborn, H.F., Nature 1912: 367-370; Pop. Sci. Monthly 83: 524-537. 1913 (obit., portr.). - Pantin, C.F.A., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 171(2): 139-153. 1960 (on W.'s pre-darwinian essay of 1855). - Plarr, V.S., Men women of the time ed. 14: 870-871. 1895. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1409-1410. 1898. - Poulton, E.B., Nature 92: 347-349. 1914; Proc. R. Soc. London ser. B. 95: i-xxxv. 1924 (obit., portr.). - Ruse, M., The Darwinian revolution 156-159, 208-209, 217, 219, 224, 227, 233. 1979. - Scharloo, W., NRC-Handelsblad, Rotterdam 21 Sep 1984, cult. Suppl. 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Misc. 7: 200-209. 1855 (letter from Singapore); My life, a record of events and opinions, 2 vols., 1905 (rev. Nature 73: 145-146. 1906). - Whitmore, T.C., Wallace's line and plate tectonics, Oxford 1981 (Palms and Wallace's line by J. Dransfield, p. 43-56; Wallace's line and some other plants by T.C. Whitmore). - Wulff, E., Int. hist. pl. geogr. 18, 24, 116, 165, 201. 1943. - Wurdack, J.J., Gard. J. 10(1): 8-9, 13. 1960. #### Composite works Editor, R. Spruce, *Notes bot. Amaz.* 1908, TL-2/12.719. #### Eponymy *Wallacea* Spruce ex J.D. Hooker (1862); *Wallaceodendron* Koorders (1898). ### Publications ##### n.16.570. A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro **Title** *A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro*, with an account of the native tribes and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley,... London (Reeve and Co.,...) 1853. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Narr. trav. Amazon*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1853 (p. iv: Oct 1853), frontisp., p. \[i\]-viii, map, \[1\]-541, \[542, colo.\], chart, pl. *1-8* (uncol.). *Copies*: G, MO. *Ed. 2*: 1889 (p. xii: Oct 1889), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-363, *pl. 1-16. Copies*: MICH, NY, Wurdack. – Second edition, London, New York and Melbourne (Ward, Lack & Co.). 1889. *Ed. 2* (*other issue*): 1889 or later (t.p. undated), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-363, *12 pl. Copy*: PH. – London (Ward, Lack & Co., Limited), s.d. *Facs. reprint of 1889 ed.*: 1969. – ISBN 0-8371-1641-4, Westport, Conn.; also New York, ISBN 0-8383-0251-3. ##### n.16.571. Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses **Title** *Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses*... London (John Van Voorst,...) 1853. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Palm trees Amazon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1853 (p. vi: Oct 1853; rev. Bonplandia 1 Dec 1853: London 20 Nov publ.), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-129, \[130, colo.\]. *pl. 1-48* (uncol. liths. W. Fitch). *Copies*: BR, HH, MICH, MO, NSW, NY, PH, USDA.– 250 copies printed. *Facsimile reprint*: 1971, ISBN 87291-022-9, p. \[i\*-iv\*, new preface material\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-129, *pl. 1-48. Copies*: B, FAS, G. – Lawrence, Kansas (Coronado Press) 1971 with introduction (p. \[iii\*-iv\*\]) by H.L. McKinney. Ref.: Balick, M.J., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 263-269. 1980 (*Palm trees*, an historical perspective). Ewan, J., Principes 16(1): 24-25. 1972. Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 21: 521-522. 1971. ##### n.16.572. The Malay Archipelago **Title** *The Malay Archipelago*: the land of the Oran-Utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature... New York (Harper & Brothers, ...) 1869. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Malay Archip.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[i\]-xii, \[13\]-638, *8 pl*., 2 maps. *Copies*: HH, PH. *Ed. 4*: 1872, xvi, 653 p. *Copy*: MO. *Republication ed. 4*: 1962, New York, Dover Publications. *Copy*: MO. *Other ed*.: 1902, p. \[i-ii\], *1 pl*., \[iii-vi\], map, \[vii\]-xvii, \[xix\], \[1\]-515, \[516, colo.\], *5 pl*. Copy: HH. *German transl*.: 1869. *Copy*: NY. – Der *Malayische Archipel*... Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von Adolf Bernhard Meyer... Braunschweig (Druck und Verlag von George Westermann) 1869. Oct. 2 vols. *1*: \[i-ii\], front., \[iii\]-xx, \[1\]-435, 27 ills., 5 maps. *2*: \[i-ii\], front., \[iii\]-x, \[1\]-490, 51 ills., 9 maps. ##### n.16.573. Contributions to the theory of natural selection **Title** *Contributions to the theory of natural selection*. A series of essays... London (Macmillan and Co.), New York (id.) 1870. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. theor. nat. select.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1870 (p. xi: Mar 1870), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-384. *Copies*: G, PH. *Facsimile edition*: 1973, ISBN 0-404-08181-9, New York. ##### n.16.574. Tropical nature **Title** *Tropical nature* and other essays... London (Macmillan and Co.) 1878. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Trop. nat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1878 (p. x: Apr 1878, Bibl. Hist. nat. Jan-Jun 1878), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-356. *Copies*: HH, PH. – Chapter 2: Equatorial vegetation, p. 27-68. *German transl*.: 1879, *Die Tropenwelt*,... Deutsche Uebersetzung von D. Brauns, Braunschweig (Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn). Oct., 1879, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-376. *Copy*: B. ##### n.16.575. Island life **Title** *Island life*: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates... London (Macmillan and Co.) 1880. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Isl. life*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1880 (p. viii: Aug 1880; J. Bot. Jan 1881), p. \[i-ii\], map, \[iii\]-xvii, \[xix\], \[1\]-526. *Copies*: HH, NY. *New York ed*.: 1881, map, \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-522. *Copies*: MO, PH. – New York (Harper and Brothers,...) Oct. *Ed. 2*: 1892 (p. viii: Dec 1891), p. \[i-ii\], map, \[iii\]-xx, \[1\]-563, \[564, colo.\]. *Copies*: MO, NY, PH. – London (id.), New York (id.). Oct. – Reissued 1895. ##### n.16.576. Darwinism **Title** *Darwinism* an exposition of the theory of selection with some of its applications ... London (Macmillan and Co.) New York (id.) 1889. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Darwinism*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1889 (p. viii: Mar 1889), p. \[i-ii\], portr., \[iii\]-xvi, \[1\]-494. *Copies*: G, HH, NY. *German ed*.: 1891, *Der Darwinismus*,... Uebersetzt von Dr. Brauns. Braunschweig 1891 (n.v.).