CGS NS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Linnean Society Of London, 18 Months
6 Apr 2016
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Lecture 14: alfred russell wallace, charles darwin, and natural selection. Worked tirelessly: cataloging his findings, conducting experiments, working on details of his theory, not publishing it. Descent with modification: leads to changes within a population over generations. Given time and different competition pressures, can cause populations to diverge into separate species. No higher education: withdrew from school at age 13 due to economic hardships of family. Variety of jobs: watchmaker apprentice, surveyor/map maker, teacher. With passion for natural history and inspiration of chronicles of exploration, plans trip. Fund trip to brazil by selling specimens he collected. Along with henry bates (later of batesian mimicry ) Four years charting rio negro and collecting specimens. Returns toward uk with two year worth of specimens. Ship catches fire, loses almost all specimens and notes. Lives in london for 18 months, writes six scientific articles and two books about. Gives lectures and meets/corresponds with scientists (including darwin)
