Editing E. O. Wilson (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:EOWilsonCntr.jpg|thumb|Wilson addresses the audience at the dedication of the Biophilia Center named for him at Nokuse Plantation in Walton County, Florida.]]

Wilson's scientific and [[conservationism|conservation]] honors include:

* Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], elected 1959<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edward O. Wilson|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/edward-o-wilson|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref>
* Member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], elected 1969<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edward Wilson|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/49051.html|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>
* Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]], elected 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Edward+O.+Wilson&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
* U.S. [[National Medal of Science]], 1977<ref name="contempauthors" />
* [[Leidy Award]], 1979, from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia<ref name="PANSP">{{cite journal|date=June 2007|title=The Four Awards Bestowed by The Academy of Natural Sciences and Their Recipients|journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|publisher=The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|volume=156|issue=1|pages=403–404|doi=10.1635/0097-3157(2007)156[403:TFABBT]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=198160356 }}</ref>
* [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]] for ''[[On Human Nature]]'', [[1979 Pulitzer Prize|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.as.ua.edu/2012/09/01/legendary-biologist-and-pulitzer-prize-winner-e-o-wilson-visits-ua-as-scholar-in-residence/|title=Legendary Biologist and Pulitzer Prize Winner E.O. Wilson Visits UA as Scholar-in-Residence – Arts & Sciences|website=www.as.ua.edu}}</ref>
* [[Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement]], 1984<ref name="contempauthors" />
* [[ECI Prize]], International Ecology Institute, terrestrial ecology, 1987<ref>{{Cite web|title=ECI Prize Laureates and Their Major Scientific Achievements |url=http://www.int-res.com/ecology-institute/eci-prize/ |publisher=Inter-Research Science Publisher |accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
* Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science at [[Uppsala University]], Sweden, 1987<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/prizes/honorary-doctorates/|title=Honorary doctorates – Uppsala University, Sweden|website=www.uu.se|date=June 9, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Academy of Achievement| Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award]], 1988<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=  https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref>
* His books ''The Insect Societies'' and ''Sociobiology: The New Synthesis'' were honored with the Science Citation Classic award by the [[Institute for Scientific Information]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Search Author Index – Citation Classic Commentaries |url=https://garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics/classics_w.html |publisher=University of Pennsylvania}}</ref>
* [[Crafoord Prize]], 1990, a prize awarded by the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crafoordprize.se/search/sitesearch.4.2f692b3510dbfce339680003867.html?query=wilson&x=30&y=7|title=Crafoord Prize|website=www.crafoordprize.se}}</ref> 
* [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]] for ''[[The Ants]]'' (with [[Bert Hölldobler]]), 1991<ref name=wpost/>
* [[International Prize for Biology]], 1993<ref name="contempauthors" />
* [[Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science]], 1994<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thecssp.us/awards/carl-sagan-award?tmpl=component&print=1&page= |title=Carl Sagan Award |accessdate=December 28, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |publisher=Council of Scientific Society Presidents|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112022557/http://thecssp.us/awards/carl-sagan-award?tmpl=component&print=1&page= }}</ref>
* The [[National Audubon Society]]'s Audubon Medal, 1995<ref name="contempauthors" />
* ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's 25 Most Influential People in America, 1995<ref name=wpost>{{cite news |title=Edward O. Wilson, Harvard naturalist often cited as heir to Darwin, dies at 92 |author=Sullivan, Patricia |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=December 27, 2021}}</ref>
* Certificate of Distinction, [[International Congresses of Entomology]], Florence, Italy 1996<ref>History of International Congresses of Entomology. In press. Editors James Ridsdill-Smith, Phyllis Weinbaum, Max Whitten and May Berenbaum.  Publisher Entomological Society of America</ref>
* [[Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences]] of the [[American Philosophical Society]], 1998.<ref name="franklinscience_recipients">{{cite web |url=http://www.amphilsoc.org/prizes/franklinscience |title=Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences Recipients |publisher=[[American Philosophical Society]] |access-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref>
* [[American Humanist Association]]'s 1999 Humanist of the Year<ref name=wpost/>
* [[Lewis Thomas Prize]] for Writing about Science, 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lewis Thomas Prize Recipients |url=https://www.rockefeller.edu/lewis-thomas-prize/recipients/ |publisher=[[The Rockefeller University]] |accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Nierenberg Prize]], 2001<ref name="contempauthors" />
* [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]] 2004<ref>{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Montana |date=2019-01-29 |title=In Focus: 6 Notable Eagle Scouts |url=https://montanabsa.org/in-focus-6-notable-eagle-scouts/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Montana Council |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Dauphin Island Sea Lab]] christened one of its research vessel the ''R/V E.O. Wilson''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.disl.org/about/research-vessels|publisher=[[Dauphin Island Sea Lab]]|title=Research Vessels|accessdate=December 28, 2021|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228114250/https://www.disl.org/about/research-vessels|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Linnean Tercentenary Medal#Silver Medal|Linnean Tercentenary Silver Medal]], 2006<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Linnean Tercentenary Medal |publisher=[[The Linnean Society]] |url=https://www.linnean.org/the-society/medals-awards-prizes-grants/the-linnean-tercentenary-medal |accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Addison Emery Verrill Medal]] from the [[Peabody Museum of Natural History]], 2007<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 17, 2007|title=Yale honors E. O. Wilson with Verrill Medal|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/10/yale-honors-e-o-wilson-with-verrill-medal/|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=[[The Harvard Gazette]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[TED Prize|TED Prize 2007]]<ref>[http://www.ted.com/tedprize/winners2007.cfm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111154927/http://www.ted.com/tedprize/winners2007.cfm|date=November 11, 2006}}</ref> given yearly to "honor a maximum of three individuals who have shown that they can, in some way, positively impact life on this planet."
* XIX [[Catalonia International Prize|Premi Internacional Catalunya]] 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://presidencia.gencat.cat/en/ambits_d_actuacio/premis/premi-internacional-catalunya/guardons-anteriors/index.html|title=Previous winners|website=Ministry of the Presidency|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127182917/https://presidencia.gencat.cat/en/ambits_d_actuacio/premis/premi-internacional-catalunya/guardons-anteriors/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eowilsoncenter.org/ |title=biophilia-center |website=Eowilsoncenter.org |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref> on [[Nokuse Plantation]] in Walton County, Florida 2009 video<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vimeo.com/8678440 |title=E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center |work=Vimeo}}</ref>
* [[The Explorers Club]] Medal, 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.explorers.org/awards/ |title=The Explorers Medal |publisher=[[The Explorers Club]] |accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
* [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award|2010 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in the Ecology and Conservation Biology Category<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/microsites/premios/fronteras/index.jsp |title=BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards |work=fbbva.es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032320/http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/microsites/premios/fronteras/index.jsp |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]], 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson-foundation/thomas-jefferson-foundation-medals/architecture-medal-recipients/ |title=Recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture |publisher=[[Thomas Jefferson Foundation]]|accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
* 2010 [[Heartland Prize]] for fiction for his first novel ''[[Anthill: A Novel]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Literature/2010-Chicago-Tribune-Heartland-Prize-Winners.aspx |title=Chicago Humanities Festival |work=chicagohumanities.org |access-date=February 4, 2011 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105041021/http://chicagohumanities.org/genres/literature/2010-chicago-tribune-heartland-prize-winners.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[EarthSky]] Science Communicator of the Year, 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthsky.org/press/e-o-wilson-is-the-2010-earthsky-science-communicator-of-the-year/ |title=EarthSky Global Science Advisors select E.O. Wilson as 2010 Science Communicator of the Year |publisher=[[EarthSky]]|accessdate=December 28, 2021 |date=January 11, 2011}}</ref>
* [[International Cosmos Prize]], 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expo-cosmos.or.jp/english/cosmos/jyusyou/2012.html|title=The Prizewinner 2012|publisher= Expo '90 Foundation|access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Kew International Medal]] (2014)<ref name=seb/>
* Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from the [[American Museum of Natural History]] (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/news-posts/museum-celebrates-second-commencement-ceremony |title=Museum Celebrates Second Commencement Ceremony |website=American Museum of Natural History |date=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
* 2016 [[Harper Lee Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation » Harper Lee Award |url=https://eowilsonfoundation.org/tag/harper-lee-award/ |access-date=June 25, 2021 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625085034/https://eowilsonfoundation.org/tag/harper-lee-award/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitley |first1=Carla Jean |title=E.O. Wilson, biologist and author, to receive Harper Lee Award |url=https://www.al.com/entertainment/2015/12/eo_wilson_biologist_and_author.html |publisher=AL.com |date=December 10, 2015}}</ref>
* Commemoration in the species' epithet of ''[[Myrmoderus eowilsoni]]'' (2018)<ref name=moncrieff>{{ cite journal | last1=Moncrieff | first1=A.E. | last2=Johnson | first2=O. | last3=Lane | first3=D.F. | last4=Beck | first4=J.R. | last5=Angulo | first5=F. | last6= Fagan | first6=J. | year=2018 | title=A new species of antbird (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) from the Cordillera Azul, San Martin, Peru | journal=Auk | volume=135 | issue=1 | pages=114–126 | doi=10.1642/AUK-17-97.1 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Commemoration in the species' epithet of ''[[Miniopterus wilsoni]]'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nhacote|first=Luis|date=August 2020|title=Moz24h {{!}} Moz24Horas {{!}} Moçambique|url=https://www.moz24h.co.mz/post/descoberta-nova-esp%C3%A9cie-de-morcego-no-parque-nacional-da-gorongosa|access-date=August 19, 2020|website=Moz24h {{!}} Moz24Horas {{!}} Moçambique|language=pt|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228122427/https://www.moz24h.co.mz/post/descoberta-nova-esp%C3%A9cie-de-morcego-no-parque-nacional-da-gorongosa|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Busk Medal]] by the [[Royal Geographical Society]] in 2002.<ref name="RGS-IBG">{{cite journal |title=Medals and Awards |url=https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/QSDT4 |website=OSF |date=2022 |publisher=RGS-IBG |doi=10.17605/OSF.IO/QSDT4 |access-date=9 December 2024 |author1=RGS-IBG }}</ref>