Events

A R Wallace – The Forgotten Evolutionist

An exhibition by Fred Langford Edwards.
5 November 2009 – 8 February 2010.

At the first public reading of the Wallace and Darwin papers on Natural Selection on 1 July 1858 the two men were given equal status and recognition. However, whilst Darwin is celebrated, Wallace has faded from the popular history of scientific thought.

This exhibition is part of a Wellcome Trust funded project to research and promote the contributions of Alfred Russel Wallace to the theories of Natural Selection and Evolution. Working with Dr George Beccaloni of the Natural History Museum, Fred Langford Edwards has explored many university and public collections of natural history, and made two extended research visits to the Amazon Basin and the Maly Archipelago. The resulting work explores the life, ideas, and surviving collections of Wallace, and the physical harships he endured during his travels.

Darwin 2009: Beetles, Finches, Barnacles

To celebrate Darwin’s achievements the University is organising a year-long programme of events, including exhibitions, festivals, talks, debates, walking tours and much more.

We are displaying museum specimens collected by Charles Darwin, many on the HMS Beagle voyage.

For more about Darwin at Cambridge, visit  http://www.darwin2009.cam.ac.uk/