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Edward O. Wilson was nicknamed the "ant man" for his groundbreaking contributions on insects and biodiversity. He won his second Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for "The Ants," a book he co-authored with Bert Hölldobler.

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Edward O. Wilson continued lecturing at Harvard even after his official retirement.

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Edward O. Wilson, who taught at Harvard for 46 years, was one of the world's leading experts on biodiversity. He died on Sunday in Burlington, Mass., at age 92.

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Edward O. Wilson, pictured above alongside Harvard entomologist Piotr W. Naskrecki, was called “Darwin’s Natural Heir” for his groundbreaking research on evolutionary theory.