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E. O. Wilson

1929 to 2021 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for E. O. Wilson across 3 places, from 1929 to 1996. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Edward Osborne Wilson (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist who developed the field of sociobiology.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where E. O. Wilson was documented, and when

10 June 1929exact date
Birmingham, Alabamaattested “Edward Osborne Wilson was born on June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama, the only child of Inez Linnette Freeman and Edward Osborne Wilson Sr.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson
10 June 1929exact date
Birminghamattested “Edward Osborne Wilson was born on June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama, the only child of Inez Linnette Freeman and Edward Osborne Wilson Sr.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson
1996year
Harvardattested “After he retired from Harvard in 1996, he became the Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson

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Places E. O. Wilson is documented in

Birmingham1 presence · 1929Harvard1 presence · 1996
Birmingham, Alabama1 presence · 1929

Other places tied to E. O. Wilson in the record

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1949 to 1950period
University of Alabamamentioned “He failed the Army medical examination due to his impaired eyesight, but he was able to afford enroll at the University of Alabama, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in 1949 and Master of Science in biology in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson
1973year
Harvardmentioned “In 1973, Wilson was appointed the curator of entomology at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson
2002year
Harvardmentioned “He fully retired from Harvard in 2002 at age 73.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson
2011year
Gorongosa National Parkmentioned “In 2011, Wilson led scientific expeditions to the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique and the archipelagos of Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson
2011year
Mozambiquementioned “In 2011, Wilson led scientific expeditions to the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique and the archipelagos of Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific.” source: Wikipedia: E. O. Wilson

Documented at the same place, the same year

Carl SaganHarvard University · 1996

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Sources

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