Wallace Obituaries


The following is a list of good-sized Wallace obituaries that appeared after his death.

  • American Museum Journal 13 (Dec. 1913): 330-333 'A great naturalist; Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823-1913' (Henry Fairfield Osborn).
  • Athenæum no. 4490 (15 Nov. 1913): 564a-b 'Alfred Russel Wallace' (anon.).
  • British Medical Journal (London) no. 2759 (15 Nov. 1913): 1338-1339 (anon.).
  • Bulletin of the American Geographical Society 46(1) (1914): 54 (anon.).
  • The Christian Commonwealth 12 Nov. 1913: 112d-112e 'The last of the Victorians; Death of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace' (anon.).
  • The Clarion (London) no. 1145 (14 Nov. 1913): 2a-2b (Harry Lowerison).
  • Current Opinion (New York) 56(1) (Jan. 1914): 32-33 'Passing of one of the supreme figures in modern science' (anon.).
  • Daily Chronicle (London) no. 16140 (8 Nov. 1913): 1g, 5c-5d 'Death of great scientist' (anon.).
  • Daily News & Leader (London & Manchester) no. 21113 (8 Nov. 1913): 1a-b, 2a 'Dr. Wallace & his work' (anon.).
  • Daily Telegraph (London) no. 18268 (8 Nov. 1913): 13a 'Two great scientists' (anon.).
  • Daily Telegraph (London) no. 18268 (8 Nov. 1913): 13g 'Dr. Russel Wallace and evolution' (anon.).
  • The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 49, 2nd s. (Dec. 1913): 276-277 (J. J. Walker).
  • Entomological News (Philadelphia) 25(1) (Jan. 1914): 34-37 (anon.).
  • The Entomologist's Record 26 (Jan. 1914): 27-28 (Henry J. Turner).
  • The Geographical Journal 43(1) (Jan. 1914): 88-92 'Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M.' (Henry O. Forbes). (link to the JSTOR database)
  • Ibis 2, 10th s. (1914): 133-136 (anon.)
  • Independent (New York) 76(3390) (20 Nov. 1913): 329 'A prophetic personality' (anon.).
  • Journal de la Société des Américanistes de Paris 11, n.s. (1914-1919): 251-253 'Alfred Russel Wallace' (Henry Vignaud).
  • Journal of Botany (London) 52 (Jan. 1914): 15-18 (G. S. Boulger).
  • Lancet no. 4707 (15 Nov. 1913): 1410 (anon.).
  • Light (London) (15 Nov. 1913): 546-547 'The promotion of Dr. A. R. Wallace' (anon.).
  • Literary Digest 48(1) (3 Jan. 1914): 17 'The last of the Darwinians' (anon.).
  • Living Age 279(3625) (27 Dec. 1913): 811-814. [reprint from Nation (London)]
  • Nation (London) 14(7) (15 Nov. 1913): 310-312 'The greatness of Alfred Russel Wallace' (anon.).
  • Nation (U.S.) 97(2524) (13 Nov. 1913): 452-453 'The last of the Victorians' (anon.).
  • Nature 92(2298) (13 Nov. 1913): 322 'Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., F.R.S.' (anon.).
  • Nature 92(2299) (20 Nov. 1913): 347-349 'Alfred Russel Wallace' (Edward B. Poulton).
  • New York Times 63(20377) (8 Nov. 1913): 13e 'Dr. A. R. Wallace, scientist, dead' (anon.). (link to The Historical New York Times database)
  • Nuova Antologia di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti 168 (1 Dec. 1913): 498-508 (Guglielmo Salvadori).
  • Popular Science Monthly 83 (Dec. 1913): 522-537 (Henry Fairfield Osborn). ["abstract" of a sketch that appeared in Nature in 1912 as 'Scientific worthies']
  • Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 35 (1914): lxxxiv-lxxxvi (E. R. Sykes).
  • Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 70 (April 1914): lxxxiii-lxxxiv (anon.).
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London XCV-B (1923-24): i-xxxv 'Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823-1913' (Edward B. Poulton). (link to the JSTOR database)
  • Review of Reviews (London) 48(288) (Dec. 1913): 421-425 'Character sketch. Alfred Russel Wallace.' (James Marchant).
  • The Sarawak Gazette (17 Nov. 1913). (anon.).
  • School World (London) no. 180 (Dec. 1913): 451-453 'Dr. A. Russel Wallace: Pioneer of the principle of evolution' (anon.).
  • Science 38(990) n.s. (19 Dec. 1913): 871-877 'Recollections of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace' (T. D. A. Cockerell). (link to the JSTOR database)
  • Scientific American 109 (15 Nov. 1913): 384, 387, 388 'Alfred Russel Wallace' (Benjamin C. Gruenberg).
  • Tilskueren (Copenhagen) 30(2) (July/Dec. 1913): 1233-1237 'Alfred Russel Wallace' (Fr. Heide).
  • The Times (London) no. 40364 (8 Nov. 1913): 9f-10a 'Death of Dr. Russel Wallace' (anon.).
  • Two Worlds (Manchester) 26(1357) (1913): 570 'Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823-1913' (anon.). [submitted by Christine Garwood]
  • Zoologist 17, 4th ser. (15 Dec. 1913): 468-471 (Edward B. Poulton).

In addition to the preceding, I have it on good authority (but have not had time to personally verify) that obituary notices appeared within days of his death (on 7 November 1913) in the following London newspapers: The Westminster Gazette (7-11-13), The Evening Standard and St. James's Gazette (7-11-13), The Church Times (14-11-13), The Evening News (7-11-13), The Star (7-11-13), The Daily Graphic (8-11-13), The Daily Mail (8-11-13), and The Standard (8-11-13); also, in the following foreign newspapers: The New-York Tribune (8-11-13), The Sarawak Government Gazette (Kuching) (17-11-13), La Bataille Syndicaliste (Paris), Le Figaro (Paris) (8-11-13), Le Petit Bleu (Paris) (9-11-13), Le Temps (Paris) (9-11-13), L'Action (Paris) (9-11-13), L'Intransigeant (Paris) (9-11-13), Berliner Tageblatt (Berlin) (8-11-13), and Vossische Zeitung (Berlin) (8-11-13).


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