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Sir William Hamilton, KB, PC, FRS, FRSE (13 December 1730 – 6 April 1803) was a British diplomat, politician, antiquarian and vulcanologist who served as the Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800.
Apr 2, 2024 · Sir William Hamilton (born Dec. 13, 1730, Scotland—died April 6, 1803, London, Eng.) was a British diplomat and archaeologist. He was the husband of Emma, Lady Hamilton, the mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Hamilton was the son of Lord Archibald Hamilton, governor of Jamaica.
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician who contributed to the development of optics, dynamics, and algebra—in particular, discovering the algebra of quaternions. His work proved significant for the development of quantum mechanics. Hamilton was the son of a solicitor. He was educated.
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Sir William Hamilton (1788-1856) Sir William Hamilton was born in Glasgow. His father, also William Hamilton, was Regius Professor of Anatomy and Botany at the University of Glasgow. He died when Hamilton was only two years old, leaving him to be brought up by his mother, along with his younger brother Thomas.
William Rowan Hamilton was born in 1805 and is universally recognised as the greatest mathematician, and arguably the greatest scientist, that Ireland has produced to date.
William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish astronomer and mathematician who discovered the quaternions. View nine larger pictures. Biography. William Rowan Hamilton's father, Archibald Hamilton, did not have time to teach William as he was often away in England pursuing legal business.
Oct 17, 2018 · October 17, 2018. Sir William Hamilton, Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton (Naples: Imprimé par F. Morelli, 1767). As a librarian with a background in the classics, I am always thrilled when I come across books on antiquities in the Thomas J. Watson Library collection.
