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W. D. Hamilton
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Donald Hamilton, William Donald "Bill" Hamilton, William D. Hamilton, William Hamilton, Bill Hamilton
British evolutionary biologist (1936–2000)
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- Born
- 1936
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Little South West Miramichi photos
- Charles Sangster
- Infection, polymorphism, and evolution
- Charles Sangster and His Works
- Dictionary of Miramichi biography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 41,921x
- A RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION
· 1960 · cited 25,181x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,391x
- Seeking Qualitative Rigor in Inductive Research
· 2012 · cited 11,056x
- The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
· 1964 · cited 10,836x
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Quotes
- “If humans turn out to be near the Kondrashov limit —that is, if on average every gamete has one bad mutation created during the lifetime of its producer— it is obviously not going to be nearly enough to test a baby for the subset of the few hundreds or so of well-characterized genetic defects”
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Key facts
- Born
- William Donald Hamilton , ( 1936-08-01 ) 1 August 1936, Cairo , Egypt
- Died
- 7 March 2000 (2000-03-07) (aged 63), Fitzrovia , London , United Kingdom
- Education
- St. John's College, Cambridge , London School of Economics , University College London
- Known for
- Kin selection , Hamilton's rule
- Spouse
- Christine Friess
- Children
- Three daughters
- Parent s
- Archibald Milne Hamilton and Bettina Matraves Hamilton née Collier
- Awards
- Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1981), Linnean Medal (1989), Kyoto Prize (1993), Crafoord Prize (1993), Sewall Wright Award (1998)
- Fields
- Evolutionary biology
- Institutions
- Imperial College London , University of Michigan , University of Oxford
- Academic advisors
- John Hajnal , Cedric Smith
- Doctoral students
- Laurence Hurst , Olivia Judson
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William Donald Hamilton (1 August 1936 – 7 March 2000) was a British evolutionary biologist, recognised as one of the most significant evolutionary theorists of the 20th century. Hamilton became known for his theoretical work expounding a rigorous genetic basis for the existence of altruism, an insight that was a key part of the development of the gene-centered view of evolution. He is considered one of the forerunners of sociobiology. Hamilton published important work on sex ratios and the evolution of sex. From 1984 to his death in 2000, he was a Royal Society Research Professor at Oxford University.
Richard Dawkins has written that Hamilton was "the greatest Darwinian of my lifetime".