death_place death_date citizenship fields workplaces alma_mater known_for residence article_title birth_name death_cause
fairbanks , alaska , united states 16 march 2009 united kingdom-united states -lrb- dual citizenship -rrb- fisheries biology university of alaska fairbanks university of alaska fairbanks -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- of oxford -lrb- b.a. , m.a. -rrb- university stream salmonid ecology fairbanks , alaska nicholas hughes
 nicholas farrar hughes suicide by hanging
nicholas hughes

nicholas farrar hughes -lrb- january 17 , 1962 -- march 16 , 2009 -rrb- was a fisheries biologist known as an expert in stream salmonid ecology .
hughes was the son of the american poet sylvia plath and english poet ted hughes and the younger brother of artist and poet frieda hughes .
he and his sister were well known to the public through the media when he was a small child , especially after the well-publicized suicide of his mother .
hughes held dual british/american citizenship .
