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William Charles Wells | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1757 Charleston, Province of South Carolina |
| Died | 18 September 1817 (aged 60) Serjeant's Inn, London, England |
| Occupation | Physician, printer |
William Charles Wells (24 May 1757 – 18 September 1817) was a Scottish-American physician and printer. He lived a life of extraordinary variety, did some notable medical research, and made the first clear statement about natural selection.[1] He applied the idea to the origin of different skin colours in human races, and from the context it seems he thought it might be applied more widely. Charles Darwin said: "[Wells] distinctly recognises the principle of natural selection, and this is the first recognition which has been indicated".[2]
- ^ Green, J. H. S. (1957). "William Charles Wells, F.R.S. (1757–1817)". Nature. 179 (4568): 997–999. Bibcode:1957Natur.179..997G. doi:10.1038/179997a0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 13430768. S2CID 4181590.
- ^ Darwin, Charles (1866). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (4th ed.). John Murray. pp. xiv.