{"id":2205,"date":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2205"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"wilson, edward osborne, 1929- ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2205","title":{"rendered":"WILSON, EDWARD OSBORNE, 1929-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who’s Who in America. <\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Honolulu; Entomology Dept., Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1967. <\/p>\n

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

Biophilla. Cambridge; Harvard University Press, 1984. <\/p>\n

The Insect Societies. Cambridge, Mass.; Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1971. <\/p>\n

Life; Cells, Organisms, Populations. Sunderland, Mass.; Sinauer Associates, 1977. <\/p>\n

A Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Lasius. Cambridge, Mass.; The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1955. <\/p>\n

On Human Nature. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1978. <\/p>\n

Sociobiology; the Synthesis. Cambridge, Mass.; Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1975. <\/p>\n

Studies on the Ant Fauna of Melenesia. Cambridge, Mass.; The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 1958. <\/p>\n

Joint Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ants. Cambridge; Harvard University Press, 1990. <\/p>\n

Biodiversity. Washington, D.C.; National Academy Press, 1988. <\/p>\n

Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects. Princeton N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1978. <\/p>\n

Genes, Mind and Culture; the Coevolutionary Process. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1981. <\/p>\n

The Insects; Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman, 1977. <\/p>\n

Life on Earth. Stamford, Conn.; Sinauer Associates, 1971. <\/p>\n

Promethean Fire; Reflections on the Origin of the Mind. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1983. <\/p>\n

A Report on the Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis Saevissina var, Richteri Forel in Alabama, 1949. <\/p>\n

The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton, N.J.; Princeton University Press, 1967. <\/p>\n

Compiler:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Animal Behavior; Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman, 1975. <\/p>\n

Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology; Readings from Scientific American. San Francisco; W. H. Freeman, 1974. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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