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Recognition at last for Alfred Russel Wallace, who lived in Darwin’s shadow
Alfred Russel Wallace arrived in Singapore in 1854 with a simple plan in mind. He would survey the region’s wildlife and ship specimens back to London for sale to museums and wealthy collectors. His financial security rested on the foreign exotica for which Victorians had a seemingly insatiable appetite. The…
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