Alfred Russel Wallace

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British[1] naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator.[2] He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection. His 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles Darwin's earlier writings on the topic.[3][4] It spurred Darwin to set aside the "big species book" he was drafting, and quickly write an abstract of it, published in 1859 as On the Origin of Species.

Wallace did extensive fieldwork, starting in the Amazon River basin. He then did fieldwork in the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the faunal divide now termed the Wallace Line, which separates the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts: a western portion in which the animals are largely of Asian origin, and an eastern portion where the fauna reflect Australasia. He was considered the 19th century's leading expert on the geographical distribution of animal species, and is sometimes called the "father of biogeography", or more specifically of zoogeography.[5]

Wallace was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century, working on warning coloration in animals and reinforcement (sometimes known as the Wallace effect), a way that natural selection could contribute to speciation by encouraging the development of barriers against hybridisation. Wallace's 1904 book Man's Place in the Universe was the first serious attempt by a biologist to evaluate the likelihood of life on other planets. He was one of the first scientists to write a serious exploration of whether there was life on Mars.[6]

Aside from scientific work, he was a social activist, critical of what he considered to be an unjust social and economic system in 19th-century Britain. His advocacy of spiritualism and his belief in a non-material origin for the higher mental faculties of humans strained his relationship with other scientists. He was one of the first prominent scientists to raise concerns over the environmental impact of human activity. He wrote prolifically on both scientific and social issues; his account of his adventures and observations during his explorations in Southeast Asia, The Malay Archipelago, was first published in 1869. It continues to be both popular and highly regarded.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace

Summary

Alfred Russel Wallace has Sun in Capricorn 3rd House, Moon in Sagittarius 1st House, with Scorpio Rising.

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287°, Sun in Capricorn, Surrealism artwork
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240°, Moon in Sagittarius, Surrealism artwork
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290°, Mercury in Capricorn, Surrealism artwork
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290°, Venus in Capricorn, Surrealism artwork
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303°, Mars in Aquarius, Surrealism artwork
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33°, Saturn in Taurus, Surrealism artwork
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278°, Uranus in Capricorn, Surrealism artwork
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275°, Neptune in Capricorn, Surrealism artwork
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359°, Pluto in Pisces, Surrealism artwork
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16°, Chiron in Aries, Surrealism artwork
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308°, North Node in Aquarius, Surrealism artwork
North NodeAquarius
128°, South Node in Leo, Surrealism artwork
South NodeLeo
262°, Lilith in Sagittarius, Surrealism artwork
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216°, Ascendant in Scorpio, Surrealism artwork
AscendantScorpio
139°, Midheaven in Leo, Surrealism artwork
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Natal Data

Map at Lat 51.6953036, Lng -2.9044203

1823-01-08 02:30:00 LMT

51° 41′ 43.1″ N 2° 54′ 15.9″ W

Llanbadoc, Usk NP15, UK

22581720214817327129

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