wo centuries ago, the codiscoverer of the theory of evolution was born. Alfred Russel Wallace was not just a naturalist, but a keen explorer, geographer and anthropologist. One of Wallace’s first jobs involved mapping the lands of Bedfordshire and Wales. As a surveyor, Wallace had to make accurate measurements of farmland so that landowners could be taxed to fund their local churches. Wallace wrote essays about the social and economic struggles of working-class farmers during his time surveying, but his true interests lay elsewhere.
