William Rowan Hamilton Mathematician physicist and astronomer
William Rowan Hamilton is a 60 years old Mathematician physicist and astronomer from Dublin, Leinster. William Rowan Hamilton was born on August 04, 1805 (died on September 02, 1865, he was 60 years old) in Dublin, Leinster.
About
No, he died on 09/02/1865, 159 years ago. He was 60 years old when he died. He died in Dublin and buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery .
Family
Child
He had one child, William (68) . When his first child, William Edwin Hamilton, was born, William Rowan Hamilton was 28 years old.
Awards (3)
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1864 , awarded Royal medal in 1835 , awarded Cunningham Medal in 1848 ,
Education
He graduated from Westminster School, University Of Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
What was William's zodiac sign?William Rowan Hamilton zodiac sign was leo.
Other facts about William Rowan Hamilton
| AlmaMater | Trinity College Dublin |
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| Place of death | Dublin |
| KnownFor | Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Tensor, Icosian calculus, Nabla symbol, Versor, Quaternion, Universal algebra, Cayley–Hamilton theorem, Dedekind group, Hamiltonian vector field, Hamiltonian path, Icosian game, Hamiltonian mechanics, Hamilton–Jacobi equation, Biquater |
| Nationality | Ireland |
| Residence | Ireland |
| Member of | Saint Petersburg Academy Of Sciences , start time: 1837-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Academic degree | Bachelor Of Arts , point in time: 1827-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| MacTutor id (biographies) | Hamilton |
| National Library of Israel identifier | 000427685 |
| Field of work | Mechanics |
| Family name | Hamilton. Show people with the surname Hamilton |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Place of burial | Mount Jerome Cemetery |
| Given name | Rowan |
| Libris-URI | Hftx2db13zxm300 |
| Name in native language | William Rowan Hamilton |
| Employer | Saint Petersburg Academy Of Sciences |
| Date of death | 1865-09-02T00:00:00Z |
| Country of citizenship | United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland |
| Place of birth | Dublin |
| Regensburg Classification | UB 2598 |
| Number of children | 4 |
