1823–1913
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
90years old at death
33,175days lived
92%of the people on this site died younger
Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8 January 1823 and died on 7 November 1913, aged 90 years and 303 days. That is 33,175 days in all.
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