A COLLECTION of nine medals awarded to the Usk-born co-founder of ‘the Theory of Evolution’ have sold at auction for £273,000 - more than 500 per cent above the £52,700 estimate.
AN UNLIKELY pair who teamed up last year to build a guest house and hub in Usk dedicated to an evolutionary scientist from the town have provided an update on their work. Alfred Russel Wallace was born in Llanbadoc at Kensington Cottage, which local business owner Clive Jones bought in 2010.
Alfred Russel Wallace Mr Jones said he had no idea the great evolutionist - who independently came up with the theory of natural selection in 1858 - had lived in the property, but realised once he had bought it. “I’ve always been interested in history and once I’d looked at his life in greater depth, I had it in the back of my mind that I would try and do something to celebrate the man if a suitable property came up,” Mr Jones told the