Alexis Deeb Scientist Research Paper September 24, 2015 Edward O. Wilson Edward Osborne Wilson, E.O. Wilson, was born June 10, 1929-making him a Gemini- in Birmingham, Alabama to Edward and Inez Wilson. He is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, a branch of entomology. He is one of the great scientists still alive today. Very little information is given about his early childhood. In 1936, he was sent to board with another family in Florida. Ironically, the name of the city was Paradise Beach, however, Edward was everywhere but paradise at that time. During this period, his parents were going through a divorce and one incident would soon occur and have a lasting effect …show more content…
However, believing he could provide better care, she sent him to liv with his father. In1937, he was sent to the Gulf Coast Military Academy in Biloxi, Mississippi. Moving around so much led Edward to find comfort and companionship in nature. At the age of 11, he knew he wanted to become an entomologist. Wilson’s father remarried and the family moved to Mobile, Alabama in 1941. He attended Barton Academy from 1941 to 1942 and Murphy High School for part of the 1942-1943school year. At age 13 Wilson took a job as a newspaper delivery boy for the Mobile Register with a route of more than 400 deliveries. Around this age, he discovered the first colony of fire ants in the United States. Edward attended fourteen different schools in only eleven years. His main interest, nature, however, never wavered. When he was 16, he decided to study ants, a field known as myrmecology. Edward attempted to enlist in the army, however, due to his vision and hearing issues, he was turned away. Instead, he enrolled in the University of Alabama and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949 and a Master of Science degree in 1950. In 1955, he earned a Ph.D. from Harvard …show more content…
Together, they have one daughter, Catherine. The following year, he joined the Harvard faculty. His early research took him to Australia and the South Pacific, where his work on the classification and ecology of ants quickly made him the foremost authority on them and earned him the nickname “Dr.Ant.” During the late 1950s and the 1960s, he studied how ants communicate through secreted pheromones. Expanding on this, he initiated the field of chemical ecology, which focused on the study of biological chemicals that organisms use for communication defense. One of his major contributions to species evolution was the evolution of the hierarchical caste system among ants. Wilson devised the theory of the “taxon cycle” to explain how ants adapt to adverse environmental conditions by colonizing new habitats and splitting into new species. The same pattern has since been observed among other insect and bird
Later when he was 25 years (1870) he became fireman on the railroad and at night he went to a local business college.
Nathan Hale was born on June sixth, 1755, in Coventry, Connecticut. Richard Hale and Elizabeth Hale were his parents. Nathan had nine siblings. Enoch Hale was the most acknowledged sibling of Nathan Hale. Education was important to both of them. In addition to learning, Nathan was interested in wrestling, football, broad jumping, and women. Resources state that he was “the idol of all his acquaintances”, which was the reason for everyone’s admiration for him. This was one important part of Hale’s remembrance.
When he was fifteen years old, his mother died from appendicitis. From fifteen years of age to his college years, he lived in an all-white neighborhood. From 1914-1917, he shifted from many colleges and academic courses of study as well as he changed his cultural identity growing up. He studied physical education, agriculture, and literature at a total of six colleges and universities from Wisconsin to New York. Although he never completed a degree, his educational pursuits laid the foundation for his writing career.
Link starts his book by giving details on Wilson’s life starting in Staunton, Virginia on December 29, 1856 when Wilson was born.(Link.pg1) Wilson was a scholar. He attended Davidson College and Princeton University. Next, he attended University of Virginia where he studied law. Finally, Wilson studied political science and history at John Hopkins University. Next, with his numerous degrees and extensive knowledge, Wilson taught at a verity of universities between 1885 and 1902, as well as being the dean of a graduate school in 1910. (Link.pg1). Finally in 1912 Wilson ran for president of the United States and won.
Edward exercised in a way that was excessive, violent and on the verge of punishment, he also ate food sparingly, he was practically suffering from anorexia and worried excessively about the way he looked particularly about the thinness of his legs, he had slight OCD, an unusual manner of speaking, social insensitivity and often had nervous tics such as constant fiddling, this is why some believe Edward may have suffered from Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, some thought Edward may ha...
He finished his doctorate, started concentrating on identity. It is said that he was the first teacher to instruct a school level course on identity hypothesis, a course that today is required by about all undergrad brain science majors.
mother, and Wilson‘s five siblings when Wilson was a young child. His mother worked as a
We already brought you part one of this list of facts about Russell Wilson, the successful quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks. There are still plenty of interesting facts to share about the athlete, so we're back with part two.
Edward Theodore was born on August 27, 1906, to Augusta and George Gein in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Eddie was the 2nd of two children. Eddie's mother was a fanatically religious women, who was determined to raise the boys according to her strict moral code. Eddie's mother repeatedly warned her sons of the immorality and looseness of women, hoping to discourage any sexual desires the boys might have. ( In the Beginning)
With over 12, 000 described species, ants, from the family Formicidae, are the most diverse of all social insects. They occupy “virtually all major terrestrial habitats” displaying a “remarkable range of social behaviors, foraging habits and associations” with other organisms (Bolton et al, 2006; as cited in Ward, 2007).
His Father was Joseph Wilson, a Presbyterian minister who served as chaplain in the Confederate army during the Civil War. His Mother was Jessie Woodrow who was born in England and was the daughter of a minister (Charles River Ed. 80). Wilson’s family lived in Augusta, Georgia during the time the Union Army occupied the area during the Civil War. Wilson was homeschooled because his mother was afraid of how witnessing the violence of the war would influence him. Still unable to read at the age of ten, he may have been dyslexic (Charles River Ed. 99-100).
Woodrow Wilson who was born in 1856 in Virginia, moved to Georgia when he was a young child, and grew up in the South during a time of Civil War and Reconstruction. His father who was a minister, taught him lessons on how to be responsible and have morals that he could carry with him throughout his whole life. Wilson considered his father to be the greatest teacher he had ever known. Having a father to instill in him such lessons, made him into an extraordinary man. Woodrow Wilson, later recognized as one of America’s most outstanding figures, went on to accomplished many great successes.
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Introduced Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) are rapidly displacing native ant species around the world as a result of: (1) aggression by frequently raiding, immobilizing and killing native ants, (2) less intraspecific competition due to genetic homogeneity, (3) competitive exclusion using large numbers, quick location and rapid recruitment, (4) and the absence of natural ant and parasitoid enemies. Native to Argentina, L. humile has been quickly spreading throughout the world at an incredible pace. They are currently present in six continents with at least 28 separate introductions (Suarez et al. 2001); primarily a result of human transportation. The introduction of L .humile in the US has been traced all the way back to a Brazilian cargo ship in Louisiana during 1890. Their ability to disperse rapidly cannot be overlooked as well. They can cover vast distances in short periods of time, with some expansion rates as a high as 154m/yr (Suarez et al. 2001). Even though L. humile is a fairly small species they are still very destructive, more so than many other species of ants. L. humile is responsible for the disruption of many ecosystems that they have invaded. The biggest reason for this is their ability to dominate other species, most notably other ant species. Early on reasons for this were unknown. How could such small ants displace other (native) ant species so quickly? Now the reasons are becoming clearer.
Stadler, B. and A. Dixon. 2008. Mutualism: Ants and Their Insect Partners. Cambridge University Press, New York.