Naturalism

🇺🇸Henry David Thoreau

Literature

Western philosophy

1817–1862

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.."

🇬🇧Alfred Russel Wallace

Science

1823–1913

"Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species."