Prof Charles H. Smith – Twelve Wallace Myths
Are we really aware of the full ramifications of Wallace’s work?
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) is best known for his independent elucidation of the theory of natural selection in 1858, and as the leading figure in the development of the field of evolutionary biogeography. But beyond these accomplishments he was also an important contributor to a number of other disciplines, and an enthusiastic spiritualist, social critic and moral thinker. His far-ranging worldview is still not fully understood; in this presentation a dozen points of contention concerning it are identified and discussed, and put in context.
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About the speaker:
Charles H. Smith, Professor Emeritus at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky USA, is a retired librarian, historian/philosopher of science, and biogeographer. He has been interested in Alfred Russel Wallace since his graduate student days, and over a forty-year period has published seven books and more than seventy papers on the man, as well as founding and maintaining “The Alfred Russel Wallace Page,” a research website that includes the full-text of all of Wallace’s writings (plus many about him), and other kinds of commentary and bibliographic information.
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Charles H. SmithProfessor EmiritusCharles H. Smith, Professor Emeritus at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky USA, is a retired librarian, historian/philosopher of science, and biogeographer. He has been interested in Alfred Russel Wallace since his graduate student days, and over a forty-year period has published seven books and more than seventy papers on the man, as well as founding and maintaining “The Alfred Russel Wallace Page,” a research website that includes the full-text of all of Wallace’s writings (plus many about him), and other kinds of commentary and bibliographic information.
