Wilson, Edward O(sborne)

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WILSON, Edward O(sborne)

WILSON, Edward O(sborne). American, b. 1929. Genres: Biology, Sciences, Zoology. Career: Harvard University, junior fellow of Society of Fellows, 1953-56, assistant professor of biology, 1956-58, associate professor of zoology, 1958-64, professor of zoology, 1964-76, Frank B Baird Jr Professor of Science, 1976-94, Mellon Professor of the Sciences, 1990-93, Pellegrino University Professor, 1994-97, Emeritus Pellegrino University Professor, 1997, Pellegrino University Research Professor, 1998-2002, Emeritus Pellegrino University Research Professor, 2002-, Museum of Comparative Zoology, curator of entomology, 1973-97, honorary curator of entomology, 1997-. World Wildlife Fund board, 1984-94, advisory council, 1977-84; editorial board, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Biological Bulletin, and Psyche; Tarner Lecturer, Cambridge University, 1979-82. Prizes include: Natl Medal of Science, 1976; Crafoord Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1990; Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction, 1979, 1991. Publications: (with R.H. MacArthur) The Theory of Island Biogeography, 1967; The Insect Societies, 1971; Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, 1975; On Human Nature, 1978; Biophilia, 1984; The Ants, 1990; Success and Dominance in Ecosystems, 1990; The Diversity of Life, 1992; Naturalist, 1994; In Search of Nature, 1996; Consilience, 1998; The Future of Life, 2002; Pheidole in the New World, 2003. Address: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138-2902, U.S.A.

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