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WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913)

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Born: 1823

Died: 1913

Editorial Description

naturalist and co-theorist with Charles Darwin of natural selection; Owenite socialist and advocate of land nationalization; anti-vaccinator, phrenologist and spiritualist; believed that when man acquired his mental attributes his body was no longer susceptible to natural selection; opposed W. CARPENTER on the nature of mind and brain; opposed competition as a "law of nature," and endorsed the co-operative work of E. T. CRAIG at Ralahine, Ire; VP BR PHREN SOC, 1890s. (Life; DNB; DSB; F. M. Turner, 1974)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1161.1 — 1161.1 The psycho-physiological sciences, and their assailants. Being a response by Alfred R. Wallace of England, Professor J. R. Buchanan of New York, Darius Lyman of Washington, Epes Sargent of Boston, to the attacks of Professor W. P. Carpenter of England, and others. Boston: Colby & Rich, 1878. Pp. 216.
1161.2 — 1161.2 "The Neglect of Phrenology," in his The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Its Failures. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1898: 159-93. New edn, 1903 and republished 1970. Wallbridge, pseudo.: see W. A. B. Lunn

Editorial Information

Identifier	1161.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	341
Printed page	336
Database ID	3203

Original Transcription

1161. WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913), naturalist and co-theorist
with Charles Darwin of natural selection; Owenite socialist and advocate of land nationalization; anti-vaccinator, phrenologist and spiritualist; believed that when man acquired his mental attributes his
body was no longer susceptible to natural selection; opposed W.
CARPENTER on the nature of mind and brain; opposed competition
as a "law of nature," and endorsed the co-operative work of E. T.
CRAIG at Ralahine, Ire; VP BR PHREN SOC, 1890s. (Life; DNB;
DSB; F. M. Turner, 1974)