William Charles Wells
Scottish-American physician and printer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Charles Wells FRS FRSE FRCP (24 May 1757 ā 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]