Bert Hölldobler
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Bertold Hölldobler | |
Born | June 25, 1936 Erling-Andechs, Germany |
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Occupation | Myrmecologist |
Bert Hölldobler (born June 10, 1936) is a German myrmecologist who is a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work on The Ants (1991) with Edward O. Wilson. In 1990, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. He also collaborated with Wilson to write Journey to the Ants (1994). He holds positions at the University of Wuerzburg and Arizona State University where he is a Foundation Professor in the School of Life Sciences.