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Writings on Wallace:
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Barnes, Boyd, 2008. Natural Theology and Natural History in Darwin's Time: Design, Direction, Superintendence and Uniformity in British Thought, 1818-1876. Ph.D. Dissertation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville. 244 pp.

Blaisdell, Muriel L., 1976. Darwinism and Its Data: The Adaptive Coloration of Animals. Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.

Brandon, Mary E., 1975. The Question of Graduation: An Inquiry Into Human Evolution in the Works of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 85 pp.

Camerini, Jane R., 1987. Darwin, Wallace, and Maps. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 332 pp.

Carmo, Viviane Arruda do, 2006. Concepções Evolutivas de Charles Darwin no Origin of Species e de Alfred Russel Wallace em Darwinism: Um Estudo Comparativo. Master's Thesis, Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo. 117 pp.

Carmo, Viviane Arruda do, 2011. Episódios da História da Biologia e o Ensino da Ciência: As Contribuições de Alfred Russel Wallace. Ph.D. Dissertation, Faculdade de Educação, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.

Cervantez, Sabrina Rae, 2016. Facts Are Stubborn Things: The Foundation of Alfred Russel Wallace's Theories, 1823-1848. M.A. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA. 88 pp.

Chew, Matthew K. 2007. Ending with Elton: Preludes to Invasion Biology. Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. 318 pp.

Colbert, James Adam, 2002. Butterflies and Birds in the Making: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Language of Natural History. A.B. Honors Thesis in History and Science, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 110 pp.

Everett, James D., 1994. Stopped Motion: The Poetics of Containment in Victorian Travel Writing. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle. 361 pp.

Faria, Zoraida de Andrade de, 2003. "Pavão Misterioso, Pássaro Formoso...": A Teoria da Seleção Sexual e os Ornamentos: História, Desdobramentos, e Algumas Aplicações à Atratividade e aos (Des)Encontros Humanos. Master's Thesis, Universidade de São Paulo. 88 pp.

Franks, Daniel W., 2005. Modelling the Evolution of Warning Signals and Mimicry With Individual-based Simulations. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, U. K. 137 pp.

Goins, Michelle, 2008. 'Seeking the Fauna of Distant Lands': The Rise of Science Professionalism in Victorian England. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Binghamton. 134 pp.

Henderson, Gerald M., 1958. Alfred Russel Wallace: His Role and Influence in Nineteenth Century Evolutionary Thought. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 280 pp.

Hodge, Michael J. S., 1970. Origins and Species. A Study of the Historical Sources of Darwinism. Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.

Kenny, Michael J., 1961. Concepts of "Progress" and "Evolution" in the Work of Charles Darwin, T. H. Huxley and A. R. Wallace. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Leeds, Leeds, U. K. 232 pp.

Kevin, James J., Jr., May 1985. 'Man's Place in the Universe': Alfred Russel Wallace, Teleological Evolution, and the Question of Extraterrestrial Life. M.A. Thesis, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. 93 pp.

Kimler, William C., 1983. One Hundred Years of Mimicry: History of an Evolutionary Exemplar. Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca NY. 414 pp.

Kottler, Malcolm J., 1976. Isolation and Speciation, 1837-1900. Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, New Haven CT. 493 pp.

Krasner, James, 1989. The Entangled Eye: Visual Perception in Post-Darwinian Narrative. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 271 pp.

Kruse, Jerrid W., 2010. Historical Short Stories in the Post-Secondary Biology Classroom: Investigation of Instructor and Student Use and Views. Ph.D. Dissertation, Iowa State University. 289 pp.

Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2008. Evolution of Sex-Limited Mimicry in Swallowtail Butterflies. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of exas, Austin. 132 pp.

Lester, Ahren, 2012. "The Most Discussed Animal": Women, Evolution and Alfred Russel Wallace. M.Res. Thesis, University of Southampton, Southampton, U. K.

Lier, Gerda, 2010. Das Unsterblichkeitsproblem [Immortality]: Grundannahmen und Voraussetzungen. Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Frankfurt am Main. Göttingen: V&R Unipress. 2 vols.

Lima, Carla Oliveira de, 2008. Natureza, Cultura e Imaginário nos Relatos de Alfred Russel Wallace, Louis Rodolph Agassiz e Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz. Master's Thesis, Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Letras da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus. 200 pp.

Lima, Carla Oliveira de, 2014. A Experiência de Campo de Alfred Russel Wallace na Amazônia Oitocentista: Viagem, Ciência e Interações. Tese (Doutorado em História das Ciências e da Saúde), Casa de Oswaldo Cruz / Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro. 349 pp.

Limeira-Da Silva, Victor Rafael, 2015. Alfred Russel Wallace e os Mundos Amazônicos: O Natural e o Humano no Contexto das Ciências Naturais Oitocentistas (1848-1852). Master’s Thesis, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, Centro de Humanidades, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brasil.

Malinchak, Michele, 1987. Spiritualism and the Philosophy of Alfred Russel Wallace. Ph.D. Dissertation, Drew University, Madison NJ. 255 pp.

McKinney, H. Lewis, 1967. Alfred Russel Wallace and the Discovery of Natural Selection. Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca NY. 234 pp.

Michaels, Robert H., 1971. Men Around Darwin; An Analysis of the Reciprocal Influence Between Charles Darwin and Eight of His Contemporaries. M.A. Thesis, Glassboro State College, Glassboro NJ. 115 pp.

Moore, Stephani D., 2007. The Mysterious Path to Fame: An Examination of the Historical Legacy of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. M.A. Thesis, James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA. 82 pp.

Novák, Jakub, 2008. Alfred Russel Wallace's and August Weismann's Evolution: A Story Written on Butterfly Wings. Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University, Princeton. 207 pp.

Osborne, Michael A., 1987. The Société Zoologique d'Acclimatation and the New French Empire: The Science and Political Economy of Economic Zoology During the Second Empire. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 427 pp.

Packer, Joseph Clayton, 2012. "Because We Are Alone..." Arguments for Humans as the Universe's Only Intelligent Life Form from Ancient Philosophers to Today's Scientists. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. 276 pp.

Rayher, Edward S., 1996. Confusion and Cohesion in Emerging Sciences: Darwin, Wallace, and Social Darwinism. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA. 416 pp.

Rodriguez Caso, Juan Manuel, 2008. El Darwinismo de Alfred R. Wallace. M.S. Thesis, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F.

Scarpelli, Giacomo, 1984. Riforma dell'Uomo ed Evoluzione: Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). Ph.D. Dissertation, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze. 517 pp.

Shermer, Michael Brant, 1991. Heretic-Scientist: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Evolution of Man. A Study on the Nature of Historical Change. Ph.D. Dissertation, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA. 396 pp.

Soldado, Emerson Barão Rodrigues, 2017. Alfred Russel Wallace na Amazônia: Análise das Descrições sobre a Distribuição dos Animais e Seus Limites de Alcance. Master’s Thesis in History of Science, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo. 72 pp. A.T.: Amazonia, range limits, animal distribution, biogeography, species boundaries

Souza, Rosa Andréa Lopes de, 2014. A Viagem de Alfred Russel Wallace ao Brasil: Uma Aplicação de História da Ciência no Ensino de Biologia. Master’s Thesis in the Teaching of Biology, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo. 375 pp. A.T.: science education, history of biology, instruction, palm trees, questionnaire studies, Amazonia, classification

Sudekum, Veronica LaBarge, 2010. An Analysis of Emotion in Two English Naturalists' Popular Scientific Narratives. M.A. Thesis, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 65 pp.

Tracy, Sarah Whitney, 1985. Wallacism: The Scientific Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace's Spiritualism and Social Reform. A.B. Honors Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 106 pp.

Triolo, Gaspare, 2022. Darwinismo e Valori Vittoriani: H. Spencer, T. H. Huxley, A. R. Wallace. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Pisa. A.T.: Social Darwinism, ethics, social criticism

Tsao, Tiffany Aimee, 2009. Mutations of Progress: Evolution and Civilisation in the Indonesian Archipelago. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. 211 pp.

Vetter, Jeremy, 1999. Contemplating Man Under All His Varied Aspects: The Anthropological Work of Alfred Russel Wallace, 1843-70. M.Phil. Thesis, University of Oxford, Oxford, U. K. 95 pp.

Wells, Stephen H., Dec. 2008. William Dean Howells and the New Science: Darwinian Evolution and the Rise of Realism. Ph.D. Dissertation, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. 298 pp.

Wiggins, Michael J., 1988. Alfred Russel Wallace, From Natural Selection to the Great Chain of Being. M.A. Thesis, East Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. 153 pp.

Williams, Jean Anderson, 1994. Amazonian Exploration: From Discovery to Biodiversity. Master of Liberal Studies Thesis, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL. 152 pp.

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