Alfred Russel Wallace — natural selection, socialism, and spiritualism

Abstract

Summary Alfred Russel Wallace, who died 100 years ago, on November 7 1913, is most often remembered as a kind of ‘Darwin satellite': the other discoverer of evolution by natural selection. He was, however, a scientific superstar in his own right. In this feature, Andrew Berry examines Wallace's life. In the following three pieces, Wallace scholar James Costa , Darwin biographer Janet Browne and literary critic James Wood look at different aspects of Wallace's complex legacy.