Hamilton, James Douglas, b 1928, science graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland,

James Douglas Hamilton was born in Levin, New Zealand on 30 October 1928 . He was educated in Auckland Grammar School, and Rutherglen Academy. He matriculated at Glasgow University for the first time in 1945 and studied for six years, 1945-1946, 1948-1952. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Zoology in 1953 and was employed as an assistant in the University until 1959 when he was appointed as a lecturer in Zoology at another institution.

From the guide to the Papers of James Douglas Hamilton, b 1928, science graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1945-1958, (Glasgow University Archive Services)