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Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
biologist
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gptkbp:affiliatedWith |
gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:awardedBy |
gptkb:Linnaean_Society_of_London_Gold_Medal
gptkb:the_Tyler_Prize_for_Environmental_Achievement gptkb:the_Richard_Dawkins_Award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize the_Goldman_Environmental_Prize E.O._Wilson_Biodiversity_Technology_Grant the_Crafoord_Prize_in_Bioscience the_Kyoto_Prize_in_Basic_Sciences |
gptkbp:born |
June 10, 1929
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gptkbp:children |
gptkb:J._Edward_Wilson
Diana_Wilson |
gptkbp:contributedTo |
the study of social insects
the concept of the 'biophilia' hypothesis the establishment of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation the advocacy for environmental protection the field of myrmecology the promotion of science education the understanding of biodiversity loss |
gptkbp:died |
December 26, 2021
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gptkbp:fieldOfStudy |
ecology
evolutionary biology entomology |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Edward Wilson Jr.
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gptkbp:influenced |
conservation biology
environmentalism sociobiology |
gptkbp:inspiration |
future generations of biologists
conservation efforts worldwide the study of human behavior through biology |
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
gptkb:David_Attenborough
gptkb:Charles_Darwin gptkb:Carl_von_Linné gptkb:Konrad_Lorenz Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |
gptkbp:knownFor |
biodiversity
ant research sociobiology |
gptkbp:nationality |
American
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gptkbp:publishedBy |
over 300 scientific papers
over 20 books |
gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Boulder,_Colorado
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gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Irene_A._Wilson
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gptkbp:wrote |
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
The Ants Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life The_Diversity_of_Life |