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William Rowan Hamilton
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865).
Statements about
William Rowan Hamilton
Given Name
William
Series Ordinal
:
1
Rowan
Series Ordinal
:
2
Place of Birth
Dublin
Country
:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation
Mathematician
Physicist
Astronomer
University Teacher
Theoretical Physicist
Member Of
Royal Society
National Academy of Sciences
(1864 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
:
1864
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
(1837 - )
Start Time
:
1837
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Irish Academy
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
(1839 - )
Start Time
:
1839
Academy of Sciences of Turin
(1/10/1841 - )
Start Time
:
1/10/1841
Russian Academy of Sciences
Date of Birth
8/4/1805
Date of Death
9/2/1865
Educated At
Trinity College, Dublin
(1823 - 1826)
Start Time
:
1823
End Time
:
1826
Westminster School
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Instance Of
Human
Place of Death
Dublin
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Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Family Name
Hamilton
Award Received
Royal Medal
(1835)
Point in Time
:
1835
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1864)
Point in Time
:
1864
Cunningham Medal
(1834)
Point in Time
:
1834
Point in Time
:
1848
Described by Source
Nordisk Familjebok
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Hamilton, William Rowan (DNB00)
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24381086
Obálky Knih
URL
:
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The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q106220415
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q20664526
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hamilton, Sir William Rowan
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:
73
Field of Work
Mathematics
Mechanics
Astronomy
Physics
Mathematical Physics
Optics
Quaternion
Name in Native Language
William Rowan Hamilton
Place of Burial
Mount Jerome Cemetery
Burial Plot Reference
:
C 116 – 03489
Coordinate Location
:
53.3252°N 6.2818°W
Sex or Gender
Male
Religion or Worldview
Anglicanism
Academic Degree
Bachelor of Arts
(1827)
Point in Time
:
1827
Master of Arts
(1837)
Point in Time
:
1837
Child
William Edwin Hamilton
Number of Children
3
Influenced By
Zerah Colburn
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Student Of
John Brinkley
Spouse
Helen Maria Bayly
Father
Archibald Rowan-Hamilton
Writing Language
English
Position Held
Royal Astronomer of Ireland
(1827 - 1865)
Replaces
:
John Brinkley
Replaced By
:
Franz Brünnow
Start Time
:
1827
End Time
:
1865
Employer
Trinity College, Dublin
(1827 - 1865)
Start Time
:
1827
End Time
:
1865
Dunsink Observatory
(1827 - 1865)
Start Time
:
1827
End Time
:
1865
Notable Work
Hamilton's Principle
On the Osculating Twisted Cubic to a Curve of Double Curvature
VIII. <I>Second Theorem of Algebraic Elimination, Connected with the Question of the Possibility of Resolving, in Finite Terms, Equations of the Fifth Degree</I>
XCI. <I>Theorem Respecting Algebraic Elimination, Connected with the Question of the Possibility of Resolving in Finite Terms the General Equation of the Fifth Degree</I>. Extracted by Permission, From a Communication Recently Made to the Royal Iris
Quaternion
Hamiltonian Mechanics
Hamiltonian Path
Wikipedia | William Rowan Hamilton
Wikiquote | William Rowan Hamilton
External Pages About William Rowan Hamilton
ISNI
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
UK National Archives
National Academy of Sciences Member
Interlingual Index
WordNet 3.1 Synset
Goodreads Character
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition)
Goodreads Author
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