William D. Hamilton
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William D. Hamilton was a pioneering British evolutionary biologist best known for his work on kin selection and the genetic basis of social behavior.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| W. D. Hamilton | 2 |
| William D. Hamilton canonical | 2 |
| William Donald Hamilton | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1327211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William D. Hamilton Context triple: [Darwin–Wallace Medal, notableRecipient, William D. Hamilton]
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Geoffrey Simpson
Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
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J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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Peter R. Grant
Peter R. Grant is an evolutionary biologist renowned for his long-term field studies of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands, which provided key evidence for rapid evolution and natural selection in the wild.
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Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
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William L Whittaker
William L. "Red" Whittaker is a pioneering roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor known for his groundbreaking work in field robotics and autonomous vehicles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William D. Hamilton Target entity description: William D. Hamilton was a pioneering British evolutionary biologist best known for his work on kin selection and the genetic basis of social behavior.
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A.
Geoffrey Simpson
Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer known for his work on feature films including the 1994 adaptation of "Little Women."
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B.
J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane was a pioneering British geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work in population genetics helped lay the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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C.
Peter R. Grant
Peter R. Grant is an evolutionary biologist renowned for his long-term field studies of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands, which provided key evidence for rapid evolution and natural selection in the wild.
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D.
Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
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E.
William L Whittaker
William L. "Red" Whittaker is a pioneering roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor known for his groundbreaking work in field robotics and autonomous vehicles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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evolutionary biologist ⓘ theoretical biologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| almaMater |
London School of Economics
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University College London ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| awardReceived |
Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
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linked to:
Crafoord Prize
Darwin Medal ⓘ Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1936-08-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cairo, Egypt
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linked to:
Cairo
|
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2000-03-07 ⓘ |
| employer |
Imperial College London
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamilton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
evolutionary biology
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population genetics ⓘ sociobiology ⓘ |
| fullName |
William Donald Hamilton
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linked to:
William D. Hamilton
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| givenName | William ⓘ |
| influenced |
E. O. Wilson
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linked to:
Edward O. Wilson
John Maynard Smith ⓘ Richard Dawkins ⓘ evolutionary psychology ⓘ modern sociobiology ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
J. B. S. Haldane
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R. A. Fisher ⓘ
linked to:
Ronald A. Fisher
|
| knownFor |
Hamilton's rule
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genetic basis of social behavior ⓘ inclusive fitness theory ⓘ kin selection ⓘ theory of sex ratios ⓘ work on parasite–host coevolution ⓘ work on the evolution of altruism ⓘ work on the evolution of sex ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Extraordinary Sex Ratios
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Narrow Roads of Gene Land ⓘ The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| proposed | inclusive fitness as an extension of classical fitness ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
coevolution of hosts and parasites
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evolution of social insects ⓘ origin and maintenance of sexual reproduction ⓘ sex ratio evolution ⓘ |
| theorized | that altruistic behavior can evolve when rb > c (Hamilton's rule) ⓘ |
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Subject: William D. Hamilton Description of subject: William D. Hamilton was a pioneering British evolutionary biologist best known for his work on kin selection and the genetic basis of social behavior.
Referenced by (6)
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