Challenge #19 Question 1. Who first coined the phrase "Survival of the Fittest" as applied to the process of evolution? Charles Darwin (Britain 1809-1882) Jean Baptiste Lamarck (France 1744-1829) Alfred Russel Wallace (England 1823-1913) Herbert Spencer (England 1820-1903). Answer: Herbert Spencer Spencer was at first a railway engineer. He turned to journalism, was editor of "The Economist" and published a long series of books on various subjects including science. He assumed the existence of evolution long before Darwin and Wallace made known their theories. Correct answer received from: diadema, Jason Coffer,