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(1929-2011) Author. Thomas Eisner was born in Berlin, Germany, and died in Ithaca, New York. He was an authority on insects.

Full Name

Thomas Eisner

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1929

BIRTH

Thomas Eisner was born in Berlin, Germany, on June 25, 1929.

1947

OTHER

Dr. Eisner enrolled at Champlain College in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1947.

1957

OTHER

Dr. Eisner began teaching at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1957, and became a professor of chemical ecology.

1995

LITWORK

Chemical Ecology: The chemistry Of Biotic Interaction
Washington, District of Columbia: National Academy Press
0-309-05281-5
Nonfiction edited by Dr. Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald.

2000

LITWORK

Chromatic Fantasy: Leaves in the Midst of Change
Sinauer Associates Inc.
0878931600 / 978-0878931606
Nonfiction.

2003

LITWORK

For Love Of Insects
Belknap Press
0674011813 / 978-0674011816
Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, And Other Many-Legged Creatures
Belknap Press
0674018826 / 978-0674018822
Nonfiction with Maria Eisner and Melody Siegler.

2009

LITWORK

Eisner's World: Life through Many Lenses
Sinauer Associates, Inc.
0878933743 / 978-0878933747
Nonfiction.

2011

DEATH

Thomas Eisner died at his home in Ithaca, New York, on March 25, 2011.

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