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Name: William D. Hamilton
Birth Date: August 1, 1936
Death Date: March 7, 2000
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Nationality: Egyptian
Gender: Male
Occupations: evolutionary biologist

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Biography of William D. Hamilton
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William D. Hamilton, considered by many the most influential evolutionary biologist of his generation, is best known for his genetic explanation of altruism. Hamilton argued in the 1960's that humans and other animals have a genetic tendency to act in...


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William Donald Hamilton, F.R.S. (1 August 1936 — 7 March 2000) was a British evolutionary biologist, considered one of the greatest evolutionary theorists of the 20th century.[1] From 1984 to his death in 2000, he was the Royal Society Research...


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The Independent - London
Obituary: Professor W. D. Hamilton
03/10/2000: 1,311 words, approx. 4 pages
W. D. HAMILTON is a good candidate for the title of most distinguished Darwinian since Darwin. Other candidates would have to include R.A. Fisher, whom Hamilton revered as a young student at Cambridge. Hamilton resembled Fisher in his penetrating biological intuition and his...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
W.D. Hamilton
03/11/2000: 173 words, approx. 1 pages
W.D. HamiltonEvolutionary biologist Saturday, March 11, 2000 London -- W.D. Hamilton, who devised a widely accepted theory to explain the evolutionary basis for altruism, has died. He was 63. Hamilton died Tuesday, his family said. He had contracted malaria on a...
 


 

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