Studying the work of Alfred Russel Wallace for more than fortyĪ biogeographer by training, Dr. Now Professor Emeritus of Library Public Services at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Charles Smith has been Also to Eric Fisher in 2015 for his work on converting the site to "Version Two." Tata, Joshua Woleben, Meagan Miles, David Hall, Margaret Simmons, Megan Derr, Tyler Moran, Kelsey Edwards, Jamie Daumann, Anna Young, Michael Bailey, and Alyssa Pointer for assistance in the scanning and/or transcription of materials. Jennifer Rakestraw, Suzanne Hillin, Brandon Norris, Lauren E. Up the new online version, and, over the years, to Beth Knight, Yinghua Lu, Amanda Johnston, In retrieving various source materials, to Yinghua Lu for help in putting It in the following years, to the Interlibrary Loan group here for help Providing funds making it possible to move the site in 2000 and expand Of their 'Evolution' page in 1998, to Western Kentucky University for (Berkeley), for mounting a preliminary version of this service as part Hopefully, this site will serve to conveyĪ better balanced-and more accurate-appreciation of what it was he actuallyĪm very grateful to the Museum of Paleontology, University of California The result has beenĪ proliferation, both in paper and electronic sources, of misinformationĪbout the man and his work. Unorthodox and complex enough to confuse those who are used to lookingĪt things in more straight-and-narrow ways. Was in fact a very unconventional thinker, and his worldview was both Of his writings in the hope that his contributions to knowledge might becomeīetter recognized and provoke more of the kind of fearless and impassioned Group of pages is dedicated to doing just that: to putting beforeĪ new generation of students a summary of his accomplishments and a record Some real effort at re-exposure might yet set the record straight. The memory of this honest and industrious seeker after truth, but perhaps Sadly, history has not been entirely kind to Household name at present, but at one time he was among the world's best Too frequently, 'Alfred Russell ( sic) Wallace') is not exactly a Russel Wallace ( aka, as the header found on all of this site's pages Russel Wallace : Alfred Russell Wallace ( sic) Alfred Russel Wallace : Alfred Wallace : A.
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