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Volume 16, Number 4—April 2010

Historical Review

Alfred Russel Wallace and the Antivaccination Movement in Victorian England

Thomas P. WeberComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Ispra, Italy

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913). Perhaps best remembered today in history of science as the codiscoverer of the principle of natural selection, Wallace also played a prominent role in the antivaccination movement in late 19th century England.

Figure. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913). Perhaps best remembered today in history of science as the codiscoverer of the principle of natural selection, Wallace also played a prominent role in the antivaccination movement in late 19th century England.

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