Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1913)

naturalist

lived at 44 St Peter's Road Croydon

According to plaque #478.

"Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution due to natural selection that prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own theory....", according to Wikipedia. See full article for more.