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Wallace also left behind his young English collecting assistant, Charles Allen, who eventually settled in Singapore. Allen married and raised a large family and became the manager of of an estate located in what is now Geylang.
The famous naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace took a young Englishman named Charles Martin Allen with him to the Malay Archipelago in 1854. Allen has remained a shadowy figure and until now almost nothing was known about his life. Wallace trained Allen to collect and prepare natural history specimens of birds and insects.
Jan 1, 2012 · The famous naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace took a young Englishman named Charles Martin Allen with him to the Malay Archipelago in 1854. Allen has remained a shadowy figure and until now...
Jan 1, 2015 · Research is still turning up new findings about the lives and science of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Among other things, Dr John van Wyhe addresses the misconception that Darwin cheated Wallace of his rightful place in history. Photograph of Charles Darwin, 1854.
named famous naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace took a young Englishman remained Charles Martin about shadowy Allen figure with him to until the Malay Archipelago in 1854. Allen now almost nothing known specimens of birds his life. a Wallace and trained Allen collect Malay Peninsula insects.
Oct 16, 2017 · Compare Wallace’s description of Ali with his impression of Charles Martin Allen, a teenage London lad he brought as collecting assistant. Wallace left England for the Malay Archipelago in...
Wallace and a young assistant, Charles Allen, embarked at Southampton on 4 March 1854. After the overland journey to Suez and another change of ship at Ceylon they disembarked at Singapore on 19 April 1854.
