Alfred Russel Wallace

:for the Cornish painter see Alfred Wallis

Awards

Among the many awards presented to Wallace were the Order of Merit (1908), the Royal Society's Copley Medal (1908), the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal (1892) and the Linnean Society's Gold Medal (1892).

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Order of Merit - 1908 - Royal Society - Copley Medal - Royal Geographical Society - 1892

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He is also honored by having craters on Mars and the Moon named after him. Having sometimes been referred to as "Darwin's Moon" it is amusing that Wallace has a crater on the Moon named after himself.

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Crater - Mars - Moon

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