Group: Charles Darwin

www.fredlangfordedwards.com/previous_works/ar_wallace/ar_wallace_biography.htm (by George Beccaloni, October 2009) is a good article about Alfred Russel Wallace.
"[...] In fact natural selection was often called the Darwin-Wallace theory and the highest possible honours of the land were bestowed on him for his role as its co-discoverer. These include the Darwin–Wallace and Linnean Gold Medals of the Linnean Society of London; the Copley, Darwin and Royal Medals of the Royal Society (Britain's premier scientific body); and the Order of Merit (awarded by the ruling Monarch as the highest civilian honour of Great Britain). It was only in the 20th century that Wallace's legacy became almost totally eclipsed by Darwin's. [...]"