About George C. Wheeler
Lived 1897 – 1991 (aged 93–94). George C. Wheeler was an American entomologist and myrmecologist.
George Carlos Wheeler (1897–1991) was an entomologist who specialized in the study of ants.
Career life Early life Wheeler was born in 1897. He attended the Rice Institute in Houston, Texas, and worked under Julian Sorell Huxley and Hermann J. Muller. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1918, after which he attended the Bussey Institution of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He studied entomology and earned a Master of Science degree in 1920, and a D.Sc. in 1921.
Family He married a fellow D.Sc. student, Esther Hall, who died in 1944. In 1946, he married Jeanette Norris Wheeler.
Death He died in 1991.
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Who was George C. Wheeler?
entomologist
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George C. Wheeler was born in 1897 in United States.
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George C. Wheeler died in 1991 in United States.
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George C. Wheeler was an entomologist and myrmecologist.
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George C. Wheeler was American.
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