Historedia
Person

Charles Lyell

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1858

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Charles Lyell, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Darwin and Wallace papers read at the Linnean Society

    1858

    Role: Co-organizer and co-author of the communication letter

    1. 1 July 1858 · Linnean Society of LondonJoint Presentation at the Linnean Society

      Darwin and Wallace's papers were read on 1 July 1858, marking the first public announcement of natural selection.

    2. 20 August 1858 · Zoological Journal of the Linnean SocietyPublication in the Zoological Journal

      The papers were published in August 1858, constituting the first announcement of the Darwin–Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection.

Sources

  1. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-02