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Garrett Hardin
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American ecologist (1915–2003)
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Garrett Hardin was an American ecologist, statistician, university teacher, and microbiologist. He was born in Dallas in 1915 and died in Santa Barbara in 2003. Hardin was educated at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He worked as a teacher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
His field of work included ecology and human overpopulation. He is noted for the work *Tragedy of the Commons*. Hardin was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was interested in abortion, nature conservation, creationism, and eugenics. His political ideology was white nationalism. He suffered from post-polio syndrome.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Garrett
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Place of death
- Santa Barbara
- Occupation
- microbiologist
- Educated at
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- tragedy of the commons
- Field of work
- human overpopulation
- Political ideology
- white nationalism
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- date of birth
- 1915-04-21
- date of death
- 2003-09-14
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Garrett Hardin
- cause of death
- intoxication
- interested in
- opposition to immigration
- medical condition
- post-polio syndrome
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