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Hamilton, Gordon, 1966-2016

LC control no.no2016150731
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Personal name headingHamilton, Gordon, 1966-2016
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Variant(s)Hamilton, Gordon S. (Gordon Stuart), 1965 or 1966-2016
LocatedMaine
Birth date1966
Death date2016-10-22
Place of birthScotland
Place of deathAntarctica
Field of activityGlaciers--Climatic factors
AffiliationUniversity of Maine
Profession or occupationClimatologists
Found inOceanography, 2000: finding aid (Gordon Hamilton)
Washington post (online), viewed Nov. 7, 2016 (article published Oct. 24, 2016; Gordon Hamilton, a prominent climate scientist who studied Earth's melting ice sheets, died Saturday [Oct. 22] when his snowmobile went into a crevasse in Antarctica. He was 50. Hamilton was born in Scotland and held degrees from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Cambridge. Since 2005, he has been an associate professor at the University of Maine's School of Earth and Climate Sciences.)
   <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/24/climate-scientist-gordon-hamilton-50-dies-in-accident-in-antarctica/>
Brookings-Smith, viewed Nov. 8, 2016 (In memory of Gordon Stuart Hamilton, 1966-2016)
   <http://brookingssmith.com/book-of-memories/2758554/Hamilton-Gordon/obituary.php>
OCLC, Nov. 4, 2016 (access points: Hamilton, Gordon S.; Hamilton, Gordon; Hamilton, Gordon Stuart; usage: Gordon Hamilton, Gordon S. Hamilton, Gordon Stuart Hamilton)
Associated languageeng