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Alfred Wallace's birth
Alfred was the seventh child of nine children. Born to Thomas Vere Wallace and Mary Anne Greenell. -
Grammar school
Wallace attended grammar school in Hertford until financial ruin forced his family to withdraw him in 1836. -
Leaves to be an apprentice
He left London in 1837 to live with William and work as his apprentice for six years. -
Surveying
Between 1840 and 1843, he spent his time surveying in the west of England and Wales -
Master status at Leicester
In 1844, Wallace was hired as a master at the Collegiate School in Leicester, England. -
Death of Wallaces brother
After the death of his brother William in 1845, Wallace left his teaching position to assume control of his brother's firm. -
Off to Brazil
In 1848, Wallace, together with Henry Walter Bates left for Brazil to collect specimens in the Amazon Rainforest. -
Voyage home
In 1852, after more than four years of collecting thousands of birds, beetles, butterflies, and other animal specimens, Wallace set forth on a ship, with his collection, to return to England. -
Wallaces book
In 1853, he published an account of his trip, Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro. -
Wallace publishes On the Law Which has Regulated the Introduction of Species
In 1855, Wallace published a paper, On the Law Which has Regulated the Introduction of Species. -
Wallace sends Darwin an essay
On June 18, 1858, Darwin received On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type from Wallace -
Wallace moves in with his sister
In 1862, Wallace returned to the UK, where he moved in with his sister Fanny Sims and her husband Thomas. -
Wallace marries Annie Mitten.
Wallace married Annie Mitten in 1866. -
First son is born
Alfred Wallaces first son Herbert is born -
Alfreds daughter is born
Alfreds first daughter Violet is born. -
Alfreds 2nd son is born
Alfreds second son William is born. -
Wallaces builds his home
In 1872, Wallace built the Dell, a house of concrete, on land he leased in Grays in Essex, where he lived until 1876 -
Alfreds son dies
Alfreds first son Herbert dies. -
Alfreds political view
In 1889, Wallace read Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy and declared himself a socialist -
Death of Alfred Wallace
Buried at the small cemetery of Broadstone by his wish and that of his family, rather than in Westminster Abbey beside Charles Darwin.
