Editing Alfred Russel Wallace (section)

=== Honours ===
[[File:Alfred Russel Wallace - Project Gutenberg eText 14558.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Wallace and his signature on the frontispiece of ''[[Darwinism (book)|Darwinism]]'' (1889)|alt=frontispiece of one of Wallace's books]]

As a result of his writing, Wallace became a well-known figure both as a scientist and as a social activist, and was often sought out for his views.{{sfn|Shermer|2002|pp=292–294}} He became president of the anthropology section of the [[British Association]] in 1866,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/S120.htm|title=Anthropology at the British Association (S120: 1866) |last=Wallace |first=Alfred Russel |website=The Alfred Russel Wallace Page |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> and of the [[Entomological Society of London]] in 1870.<ref name=eb1911/> He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1873.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?year=1873;year-max=1873;smode=advanced;f1-mem=International |access-date=12 September 2022 |website=search.amphilsoc.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501233158/https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?year=1873;year-max=1873;smode=advanced;f1-mem=International |archive-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> The British Association elected him as head of its biology section in 1876.<ref name="chronology">{{cite web |title=Chronology of the Main Events in Wallace's Life |url=http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/chronol.htm |publisher=The Alfred Russel Wallace Page |access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref> He was elected to the Royal Society in 1893.<ref name="chronology"/> He was asked to chair the International Congress of Spiritualists meeting in London in 1898.{{sfn|Slotten|2004|p=454}} He received honorary doctorates and professional honours, such the [[Royal Society]]'s [[Royal Medal]] in 1868 and its [[Darwin Medal]] in 1890,<ref name=eb1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Wallace, Alfred Russel}}</ref> and the [[Order of Merit]] in 1908.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28194 |supp=y |page=8162 |date=9 November 1908}}</ref>