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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