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EDWARD WILSON Obituary

WILSON, Edward Osborne Of Lexington, December 26, 2021. Author, biologist, and naturalist. Professor Emeritus in Entomology at Harvard University. Beloved husband to the late Irene (Kelley) Wilson. Father of Catherine I. Gargill and her husband Jonathan of Orlando, Florida. A Memorial Service will be held at The Douglass Funeral Home, 51 Worthen Rd., LEXINGTON, on Friday, January 7, 2022 at 11AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited to attend. Interment Westview Cemetery Lexington. A public Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. (Photo by: Jim Harrison) Lexington

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Published by Boston Globe from Dec. 30, 2021 to Jan. 2, 2022.

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Akin Öztürk

June 13, 2022

Natural sciences and human sciences, he was a great pioneer to establish the link between the two, one of those to first find out where the rivers meet. He was shining, and will go on to shine like a morning star above us, the pupils of science. Thank you Mr Ed Wilson.

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