Bert Hölldobler
German biologist · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Born 1936 · age 90
Berthold Karl Hölldobler BVO is a German zoologist, sociobiologist and evolutionary biologist who studies evolution and social organization in ants. He is the author of several books, including The Ants, for which he and his co-author, E. O. Wilson, received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction writing in 1991.
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2016Lorenz Oken MedalAward2011Cothenius MedalAward2010Ernst-Jünger-Award for entomologyAward2006Treviranus MedalAward2004Alfried-Krupp Science PrizeAward2003Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAward1999Tinbergen LectureAward1996Karl Ritter von Frisch MedalAwardKörber European Science PrizeAward1991Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionAward1990Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeAward1986Humboldt PrizeAward1936Born25 June 1936
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Born 1936 · age 90
The same award as Bert
Hermann LübbeBoth received Alfried-Krupp Science PrizeThomas EisnerBoth received Karl Ritter von Frisch Medal
Walter J. GehringBoth received Karl Ritter von Frisch MedalHerbert WaltherBoth received Alfried-Krupp Science PrizeWalter LinsenmaierBoth received Ernst-Jünger-Award for entomologyDieter OesterheltBoth received Alfried-Krupp Science Prize