Ole Engel Heie (10 May 1926 – 4 January 2019) was a Danish biology professor and entomologist who specialized in the Aphidomorpha (Aphids and allies). He published a highly influential six-part monograph on the aphids as part of the ''

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'' published from 1980 - 1995. Heie was born in

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. After completing his Ph.D. in 1967 he became a professor at the Danmarks Lærerhøjskole where he worked until his retirement in 1994. He was a visiting professor at

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and continued as an emeritus professor. He headed the Danish Natural History Association and was Knighted with the

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on October 24, 1990 by Denmark. Heie was greatly influenced by Hennig's cladistic approach and wrote a book on evolution in 1969 and another on taxonomy in 1983.

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