Hamilton, William Donald

Michael Ruse, Florida State University, Florida, USA

Published online: September 2006

DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0006243

William Donald Hamilton (1936–2001) was an evolutionist, theorist and field naturalist who explored the genetic relationship between close relatives.

Keywords: kin selection; Darwin; local mate competition

Further Reading
	book Hamilton WD (1996) Narrow Roads of Gene Land: The Collected Papers of W. D. Hamilton. New York, NY: WH Freeman/Spektrum.
	book Ruse M (1996) Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
	book Wilson EO (1994) Naturalist. Washington DC: Island Books/Shearwater Books.