Edward O. Wilson
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| Født | Edward Osborne Wilson 10. juni 1929[1][2][3][4] (90 år) Birmingham | ||
| Utdannet ved | Harvard University, University of Alabama (–1950) | ||
| Doktorgrads- veileder |
Frank M. Carpenter | ||
| Beskjeftigelse | 13 oppføringer
Entomolog, sosiobiolog, romanforfatter, etolog, selvbiograf, naturviter, evolusjonsbiolog, vitenskapsskribent, biolog, universitetslærer, zoolog, økolog, myrmecologist
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| Nasjonalitet | USA | ||
| Medlem av | 8 oppføringer
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (1977–), Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, National Academy of Sciences (1969–), Linnean Society of London, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1959–), American Philosophical Society, Ecological Society of America, Royal Society (1990–)
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| Utmerkelser | 41 oppføringer
Guggenheim-stipendet (1975), Pulitzer-prisen (1979), Pulitzer-prisen (1991), Årets humanist (1999)[5], William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1997), Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1984), Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science (1994)[6], Harvard Centennial Medal (1999), Kong Faisals internasjonale vitenskapspris (2000), TED Prize (2007)[7], International Prize for Biology (1993)[8], Kistler Prize (2000), National Medal of Science (1976), Catalonias internasjonale pris (2007)[9], Nierenberg Prize (2001), International Cosmos Prize (2012), Eminent Ecologist Award (1994), ECI Prize (1987)[10], Linnean Tercentenary Medal (2007), Natural World Book Prize (2002), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2010)[11], Audubon Medal (1995), æresdoktor ved Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1995), Kew International Medal (2014), Heartland Prize (2010)[12], Hubbard-medaljen (2013), Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (2012), Crafoord Prize in Biosciences (1990), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Natural World Book Prize (1993), æresdoktor ved Harvard University (2004)[13], Leidy Award (1979)[14], Golden Plate Award (1988)[15], Lewis Thomas Prize (2000), Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (2004), Addison Emery Verrill Medal (2007), Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture (2010)[16], Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (1995), Global Environmental Citizen Award (2001), Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1967)
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Edward Osborne Wilson (født 10. juni 1929) er en USA-amerikansk biolog, oppvokst i Alabama og Washington D.C., som hovedsakelig er kjent som grunnlegger av sosiobiologien. Han har også vært særs viktig innenfor forskinga på maur, i tillegg til å være en ivrig talsmann for bevaring av det biologiske mangfoldet.
Hovedverk[rediger | rediger kilde]
- The Theory of Island Biogeography (1967)
- Insect Societies (1971)
- Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975)
- On Human Nature (1978 – vinner av Pulitzerprisen)
- Biophilia (1984)
- The Ants (1990 – vinner av Pulitzerprisen), med Bert Holldöbler
- The Diversity of Life (1992)
- Journey to the Ants (1994), med Holldöbler
- Naturalist (1995)
- Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998)
- The Future of Life (2002)
Referanser[rediger | rediger kilde]
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 9. okt. 2017, Edward O. Wilson, biography/Edward-O-Wilson
- ^ Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, 9. okt. 2017, Edward Osborne Wilson, wilson-edward-osborne
- ^ Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 9. okt. 2017, E. O. Wilson, 126380
- ^ Munzinger-Archiv, 9. okt. 2017, Edward O. Wilson, 00000015987
- ^ https://americanhumanist.org/awardees/, 24. mai 2019
- ^ https://sciencepresidents.org/carl-sagan-award-for-public-appreciation-of-science/, 24. mai 2019
- ^ http://www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes
- ^ http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-biol/02_pastrecipients.html
- ^ http://web.gencat.cat/ca/generalitat/premis/pic/
- ^ https://www.int-res.com/ecology-institute/eci-prize/, 24. mai 2019
- ^ https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/galardonados/edward-o-wilson-2/, 24. mai 2019
- ^ http://chicagohumanities.org/events/2010/the-body/2010-chicago-tribune-heartland-prize-winners, 24. mai 2019
- ^ https://www.harvard.edu/on-campus/commencement/honorary-degrees, 24. mai 2019
- ^ https://ansp.org/about/press-room/releases/2012/leidy-award/, 24. mai 2019
- ^ https://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/, 24. mai 2019
- ^ https://news.virginia.edu/content/2010-thomas-jefferson-foundation-medals-awarded-eo-wilson-janet-napolitano-and-joseph, 24. mai 2019
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