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W. D. Hamilton

1936 - 2000

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. D. Hamilton has received more than 373,727 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). W. D. Hamilton is the 468th most popular biologist (down from 462nd in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 401st in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Biologist.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

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  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, W. D. Hamilton ranks 468 out of 1,097. Before him are André Marie Constant Duméril, Johann Bauhin, Robert Sapolsky, Joseph Gaertner, Carl Ludwig Koch, and Camille Guérin. After him are Aldo Leopold, Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, Agostino Bassi, Anders Dahl, Alexander Kovalevsky, and Jacques Loeb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, W. D. Hamilton ranks 250. Before him are Birthe Wilke, Aribert Reimann, Frank Serpico, Stanislav Govorukhin, Toralf Engan, and Carla Fracci. After him are Edvard Radzinsky, Paul Shenar, Saburō Kawabuchi, Walter Lewin, Ante Žanetić, and Francisco Ibáñez Talavera. Among people deceased in 2000, W. D. Hamilton ranks 140. Before him are Spyros Markezinis, Jerzy Giedroyc, Gus Hall, Jean Carzou, Antti Hyvärinen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. After him are Abraham Pais, Basil Bernstein, Jean-Claude Izzo, Nicholas Clay, Julie London, and John Tukey.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, W. D. Hamilton ranks 425 out of 642. Before him are Al-Salih Hajji (1372), Nabil Elaraby (1935), Ibrahim Moustafa (1904), Sayf ad-Din Inal (1380), Al-Nuwayri (1279), and Malak Hifni Nasif (1886). After him are Al-Mustamsik (null), Guy Béart (1930), Menas of Constantinople (null), Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838), Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893), and Pope Maximus of Alexandria (250).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Egypt

Among biologists born in Egypt, W. D. Hamilton ranks 1. 

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