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Events on Friday 7 November 1913 2
1823 – 1913Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)Died 7 November 1913, aged 90Wallace independently developed a theory of evolution by natural selection, prompting Charles Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species. He was also a pioneering biogeographer, known for identifying the faunal boundary later called the Wallace Line. He died at his home in England.
1913 – 1960Albert CamusFrench-Algerian writerCamus wrote The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus, exploring absurdism and the meaning of life.