Biography:

Entomologist. Born– June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Edward Osborne and Inez (Freeman) Wilson. Married– Irene Kelley, October 30, 1955. Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1945; M.S., 1950; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1955. Taught at Harvard, 1956-; member, Society of Fellows, 1953-1956. Developed first quantitative theory of species equilibrium; studies entomology and biology of ants. Awarded, national Medal for Science, 1976; Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1976; Leidy Medal, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1979; Pulitzer Prize, nonfiction, 1979. Member– National Academy of Science, America Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Source:

Who’s Who in America.

Publication(s):

The Ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Honolulu; Entomology Dept., Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1967.

Behavior of Daceton Armigerum (Latreille), with a Classification of Self-grooming Movements in Ants. Cambridge, Mass.; The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1962.

Biophilla. Cambridge; Harvard University Press, 1984.

The Insect Societies. Cambridge, Mass.; Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1971.

Life; Cells, Organisms, Populations. Sunderland, Mass.; Sinauer Associates, 1977.

A Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Lasius. Cambridge, Mass.; The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1955.

On Human Nature. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1978.

Sociobiology; the Synthesis. Cambridge, Mass.; Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1975.

Studies on the Ant Fauna of Melenesia. Cambridge, Mass.; The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1958.

Joint Publication(s):

The Ants. Cambridge; Harvard University Press, 1990.

Biodiversity. Washington, D.C.; National Academy Press, 1988.

Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects. Princeton N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1978.

Genes, Mind and Culture; the Coevolutionary Process. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1981.

The Insects; Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman, 1977.

Life on Earth. Stamford, Conn.; Sinauer Associates, 1971.

Promethean Fire; Reflections on the Origin of the Mind. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1983.

A Report on the Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis Saevissina var, Richteri Forel in Alabama, 1949.

The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1967.

Compiler:

Animal Behavior; Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman, 1975.

Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology; Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman, 1974.