Alfred Russel Wallace

:for the Cornish painter see Alfred Wallis

Early life

Wallace was born at Usk, Monmouthshire. He was the eighth of nine children of Thomas Vere Wallace and Mary Anne Greenell. He attended grammar school in Hertford, but left when his family lost their remaining property. He worked for his older brother William in his surveying business, and between 1840 and 1843 spent his time surveying in the west of England and Wales. In 1844 he was hired as a master at the Collegiate School in Leicester. In 1845 his brother William died and Wallace returned to run the surveying business.

Related Topics:
Usk - Monmouthshire - Hertford - 1840 - 1843 - England - Wales - 1844 - Leicester - 1845 - Surveying

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