"I Will Gladly Do My Best": How Charles Darwin Obtained a Civil List Pension for Alfred Russel Wallace

"I Will Gladly Do My Best": How Charles Darwin Obtained a Civil List Pension for Alfred Russel Wallace

In Jan 1881, Charles Darwin sent a letter to Prime Minister William Gladstone requesting that Alfred Russel Wallace be granted a Civil List Pension, which Gladstone obliged. The effects of Darwin's letter are discussed, and Darwin and Wallace, two naturalists who had discovered the theory of na...

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Veröffentlicht in:Isis 1992-03, Vol.83 (1), p.2-26
1. Verfasser: Colp, Ralph
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Archipelagos
Archives
Correspondence
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
Geology
History
Lace
Natural selection
Pension plans
Personal profiles
Prime ministers
Professional relationships
Scientists
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Written correspondence
Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:In Jan 1881, Charles Darwin sent a letter to Prime Minister William Gladstone requesting that Alfred Russel Wallace be granted a Civil List Pension, which Gladstone obliged. The effects of Darwin's letter are discussed, and Darwin and Wallace, two naturalists who had discovered the theory of natural selection and founded the science of evolutionary biology, are profiled.
ISSN:0021-1753
1545-6994
DOI:10.1086/356023