Garrett Hardin

American ecologist (1915–2003)

Person human Q592132

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[20]
Date of birth: April 21, 1915
Date of death: September 14, 2003
Place of birth: Dallas
Place of death: Santa Barbara
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: ecologist, statistician, demographer, university teacher, microbiologist
Employer: University of California, Santa Barbara^[13]
Field of work: ecology, human overpopulation^[11]^[12]
Educated at: University of Chicago, Stanford University, University of California, Santa Barbara^[14]^[15]^[16]
Notable work: tragedy of the commons^[17]
Cause of death: intoxication^[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[28]
Described by source: Dictionnaire des biens communs^[27]
Family name: Hardin^[22]
Given name: Garrett^[23]
Interested in: abortion, nature conservation, creationism, eugenics, opposition to immigration^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]
Manner of death: suicide^[26]
Medical condition: post-polio syndrome^[24]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Compassion & Choices^[18]^[19]
Name in native language: Garrett Hardin^[29]
Political ideology: white nationalism^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 50

ISNI: 0000000114797637
VIAF cluster ID: 108456678
Library of Congress authority ID: n80014824
GND ID: 119151189
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Garrett Hardin author photo on Nature and man's fate (1959).jpg ↗
American National Biography ID: 1603570
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): HardinGarrett1915-2003
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12908654h
CANTIC ID: 981058522143006706
CONOR.SI ID: 127047523
CONOR.SR ID: 14401895
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216545748096

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DDB person (GND) ID: 119151189
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119151189
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: garrett-hardin
FAST ID: 1443262
Freebase ID: /m/06g06k
Goodreads author ID: 83660
IMDb ID: nm6044521
ISFDB author ID: 21176
IdRef ID: 121150917
IxTheo authority ID: 079946704
KBR person ID: 14356912
Medvik ID: nlk20040160792
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA00674172
NDL Authority ID: 00442438
NL CR AUT ID: nlk20040160792
NLP ID: a0000002318532
NUKAT ID: n01722116
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000060009
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007262198205171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000121883
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810550496405606
National Virtual Library of India ID: 14815, 149898
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 072649380
Open Library ID: OL399084A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095920531
Parsifal cluster ID: 393928
Prabook ID: 697694
Quora topic ID: Garrett-Hardin-1
SBN author ID: SBLV293751
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 12553
SNAC ARK ID: w66m5c5k
SPLC individual ID: garrett-hardin
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058522143006706
Wellcome Collection concept ID: hp6jx2fg
WikiTree person ID: Hardin-2422
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJvCPhhpfJGQ9CyxPg384q
Yale LUX ID: person/64027778-2a44-4cdd-b81f-2faa3f5d961d
ČSFD person ID: 100790

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🔗 Connections

Interested in 5

abortion, creationism, eugenics, nature conservation, opposition to immigration

Occupation 5

biologist, statistician, microbiologist, university teacher, ecologist

Educated at 3

Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of California, Santa Barbara

Field of work 2

ecology, human overpopulation

← Discoverer or inventor 2

tragedy of the commons, lifeboat ethics

Cause of death 1

intoxication

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Employer 1

University of California, Santa Barbara

Given name 1

Garrett

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

suicide

Medical condition 1

post-polio syndrome

Member of 1

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Notable work 1

tragedy of the commons

Place of birth 1

Dallas

Place of death 1

Santa Barbara

Political ideology 1

white nationalism

Sex or gender 1

male

← FactGrid item ID 1

Pupki

← Signatory 1

Mainstream Science on Intelligence

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Summary

Garrett Hardin was born on April 21, 1915^[1], in Dallas^[2]. He died on September 14, 2003^[3], in Santa Barbara^[4]. He worked as an ecologist^[5], statistician^[6], demographer^[7], university teacher^[8], and microbiologist^[9].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of tragedy of the commons^[35], an economic theory^[36] and lifeboat ethics^[37], an ethical dilemma^[38].

FAQs

Where was Garrett Hardin born?

Garrett Hardin's place of birth was Dallas^[2].

Where did Garrett Hardin die?

Garrett Hardin died in Santa Barbara^[4].

What did Garrett Hardin do for work?

Garrett Hardin worked as an ecologist^[5], statistician^[6], demographer^[7], university teacher^[8], and microbiologist^[9].

Where did Garrett Hardin go to school?

Garrett Hardin was educated at University of Chicago^[14], Stanford University^[15], and University of California, Santa Barbara^[16].

What did Garrett Hardin discover?

Garrett Hardin is credited as discoverer of tragedy of the commons^[35] and lifeboat ethics^[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Garrett Hardin — place of birth (P19): Dallas. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Garrett Hardin — place of death (P20): Santa Barbara. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Garrett Hardin — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Garrett Hardin — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Garrett Hardin — educated at (P69): University of Chicago. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Garrett Hardin — educated at (P69): Stanford University. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Garrett Hardin — educated at (P69): University of California, Santa Barbara. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Garrett Hardin — field of work (P101): ecology. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Garrett Hardin — field of work (P101): human overpopulation. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Garrett Hardin — occupation (P106): ecologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Garrett Hardin — occupation (P106): statistician. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Garrett Hardin — occupation (P106): demographer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Garrett Hardin — occupation (P106): university teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Garrett Hardin — occupation (P106): microbiologist. Retrieved 2025-10-14. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Garrett Hardin — employer (P108): University of California, Santa Barbara. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Garrett Hardin — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Garrett Hardin — member of (P463): Compassion & Choices. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Garrett Hardin — cause of death (P509): intoxication. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Garrett Hardin — date of birth (P569): April 21, 1915. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Garrett Hardin — date of death (P570): September 14, 2003. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Garrett Hardin — family name (P734): Hardin. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Garrett Hardin — given name (P735): Garrett. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Garrett Hardin — notable work (P800): tragedy of the commons. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Garrett Hardin — medical condition (P1050): post-polio syndrome. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Garrett Hardin — political ideology (P1142): white nationalism. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Garrett Hardin — manner of death (P1196): suicide. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Garrett Hardin — described by source (P1343): Dictionnaire des biens communs. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Garrett Hardin — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Garrett Hardin — name in native language (P1559): Garrett Hardin. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Garrett Hardin — interested in (P2650): abortion. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Garrett Hardin — interested in (P2650): nature conservation. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Garrett Hardin — interested in (P2650): creationism. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Garrett Hardin — interested in (P2650): eugenics. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Garrett Hardin — interested in (P2650): opposition to immigration. Retrieved 2023-07-17. wikidata.org.

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[36] ↑ tragedy of the commons — P31: economic theory. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[38] ↑ lifeboat ethics — P31: ethical dilemma. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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19w ago · Howardcorn33 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Image → Garrett Hardin author photo on Nature and man's fate (1959).

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23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → ecologist, statistician, demographer +2

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