Margo Wilson

Background

Wilson was born on October 1, 1942, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Education

She attended the University of Alberta, graduating with a degree in Psychology in 1964.

Career

In the 1980s, she was appointed professor of Psychology at the McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where she remained for the rest of her life. She was a former editor-in-chief of the journal Evolution and Human Behavior along with Daly, and served as president of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. In 1998, Wilson was named a fellow of the Royal Society.

In 2000, she wrote the foreword for the controversial book by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer on rape.

Margo Wilson died in Hamilton on September 24, 2009, of cancer. "Morality is the device of an animal of exceptional cognitive complexity, pursuing its interests in an exceptionally complex universe.".

Achievements

• She won a Commonwealth Scholarship to study at University College London, England, where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy in 1972.