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Wallace's death

Wallace's death

Catalogue number: WP2/3/41

Note signed by William Greenell Wallace, announcing the death of his father (Alfred Russel Wallace), dated November 1913.

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This short note signifies the end of an era. Wallace's son William simply announces that his father was 'taken ill on Sunday night'. By Friday, the great naturalist was dead: 'Dr Wallace passed away very peacefully at 9.25am without regaining consciousness'. He was 90 years old.

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Letter to Alfred Russel Wallace from the Royal Society, about his Darwin Medal award

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