Erich Wasmann was born on May 29, 1859, at Meran, Austria. He studied for the priesthood and entered the Jesuit order in 1875. From 1890 to 1892 he studied zoology at the University of Prague. Wasmann suffered from a lung disorder and was advised to spend as much time as possible out-of-doors. This, perhaps, led to his interest in ants, and he eventually became an authority on myrmecophiles and termitophiles. He also wrote on instinct and intelligence of ants, and the relationship of ants to other animals. He authored 433 publications with over 280 on myrmecophiles and termitophiles. Noteworthy publications included “Kritisches Verzeichniss der myrmecophilen und termitophilen Arthropoden” (1894), “Die moderne Biologie und die Entwicklungstheorie” (1910), and “The Berlin discussion of the problem of Evolution” (1909). The University of Freiburg in Germany awarded him an honorary doctoral degree in 1921, and the Jesuits established a biological journal honoring him, the “Wasman Journal...