Statue in bronze of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) by Anthony Smith. He is looking up at a bronze model of a Wallace's golden birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera croesus). The statue was commissioned by the Wallace Memorial Fund and was given to the Natural History Museum, London, where it was unveiled by Sir David Attenborough on November 7th 2013 - the 100th anniversary of Wallace's death.[1]
The centenary of the death of the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on 7 November 1913 was marked in 2013 with events around the world to celebrate his life and work. The commemorations was co-ordinated by the Natural History Museum, London.
Events between October 2013 and June 2014 were planned by the Natural History Museum and other organisations including the Zoological Society of London, Cardiff University, the University of Alberta, Dorset County Museum,[2] Swansea Museum, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Ness Botanical Gardens (South Wirral), the Royal Society, the Linnean Society, the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the American Museum of Natural History,[3] Hertford Museum[4] and the National Museum of Wales.[5]
^"Bronze Statue of Wallace". Wallace Fund. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^"Alfred Russel Wallace – Local Hero". Dorset County Museum. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^"Alfred Russel Wallace Centenary: Natural Selection and Beyond". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^"Hertford Museum: World of Wallace". Hertford Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
^"Wallace100 events". Natural History Museum. 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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