| Edward O. Wilson  AKA Edward Osborne Wilson
Born: 10-Jun-1929
Birthplace: Birmingham, AL
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Biologist, Sociologist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Father of Sociobiology In 1995 Time Magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people in America. Father: Edward Osborne Wilson, Sr.
Mother: Inez Freeman Wilson
Wife: Renee Wilson
Daughter: Catherine (b. 1963)
High School: Decatur Senior High School, Decatur, AL (1946)
University: BS Biology, University of Alabama (1949)
University: MS Biology, University of Alabama (1950)
University: PhD Biology, Harvard University (1955)
Professor: Harvard University (1956-)
Professor: UC Berkeley (1972)
American Museum of Natural History Board of Directors (1993-)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1959)
American Philosophical Society (1976)
Cosmos Club
International Academy of Humanism Laureate
National Academy of Sciences (1969)
National Association of Scholars Advisory Board
National Research Council (1984-)
Royal Society (1990)
World Economic Forum (2000)
World Wildlife Fund (1978-)
Phi Beta Kappa Society
John P. McGovern Award 1996
National Medal of Science
Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction 1979 for On Human Nature
Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction 1991 for The Ants (with Bert Holldobler)
Humanist of the Year 1999
Author of books:
Tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera Formicidae) (1957, science)
Behavior of Daceton armigerum (Latreille), with a classification of self-grooming movements in ants (1962, science)
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975, science)
On Human Nature (1978, science)
Biophilia (1984, science)
The Ants (1990, science)
Reflections on a Life in Science (1991, science)
Diversity of Life (1992, science)
Naturalist (1994, memoir)
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998, science)
The Future of Life (2002, science)
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