Alfred Russel Wallace

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist best known for his contributions to the theory of evolution by natural selection, which he developed independently of Charles Darwin. Wallace's work laid foundational principles in biogeography and ecology, and he is recognized for co-discovering the mechanism of evolution alongside Darwin.

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