Edward 'Ed' Osborne Wilson, was born in Alabama and grew up around Washington, D.C. and in the countryside around Mobile. At the age of 7, Wilson blinded himself in one eye when the spine of a fish struck him in a fishing accident. This, combined with his poor hearing led to the decision to studying small things. Wilson has said ants were the natural choice due to their abundance.
He has written a book on the Pheidole genus: Pheidole in the New World: A Hyperdiverse Ant Genus. He alone, over two decades, has discovered and described over 344 Pheidole species.
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