E.O. Wilson

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Also Known As	Edward Osborne Wilson • Edward O. Wilson
Born	June 10, 1929 • Birmingham • Alabama
Died	December 26, 2021 (aged 92) • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize (1979)
Notable Works	“Sociobiology: The New Synthesis” • “The Diversity of Life” • “The Insect Societies” • “The Meaning of Human Existence”
Subjects Of Study	ant • social insect • altruistic behaviour • character displacement • sociobiology

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Conrad Gesner

Swiss physician and naturalist

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James D. Dana

American geologist and mineralogist

John James Audubon

John James Audubon

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Cornelia Maria Clapp

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Charles Benedict Davenport

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William Brooks

William Keith Brooks

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William Beebe

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Elliott Coues

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Dumas Malone

American historian, editor, and the author

Samantha Power

Samantha Power

American journalist and government official

Stephen Greenblatt

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Carl Sagan

American astronomer

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