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Employed in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge

Employed in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford

Employed in the Department of Zoology in the University of Oxford

Employed in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge

William Donald Hamilton was a British evolutionary biologist. 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-centred view of evolution. He is considered one of the forerunners of sociobiology. Hamilton published important work on sex rations and the evolution of sex. From 1984 to his death in 2000, he was a Royal Society Research Professor at Oxford University

John Edwards Hill was a British mammalogist who described 24 species and 26 subspecies during his career. After finishing school, Hill joined the Air Ministry's Meteorological Office as a Meteorological Assistant. He then served in the Royal Air Force for two years as a Meteorological Assistant, during which he travelled to Japan, Singapore, and the Nicobar Islands. In 1948, he began working as an Assistant Experimental Officer at the British Museum (Natural History)'s Department of Zoology. He retired from the Museum 40 years later in 1988. From 1974 to his death in 1997, Hill was on the editorial board of the journal Mammalia

Managing Director of Jamaica Safari Village

President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science