Bill Hamilton (scientist)

William Maxwell Hamilton CBE (2 July 1909 – 14 August 1992) was a New Zealand agricultural scientist and scientific administrator. He was born in Warkworth, New Zealand, on 2 July 1909.[1]

In the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hamilton was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services as director-general of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.[2]

References
  1. Baumgart, Ian L. "William Maxwell Hamilton". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "No. 45119". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1970. p. 6406.


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