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Hamilton, Sir William Rowan
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An eminent mathematician, born in Dublin; such was his precocity that at 13 he was versed in thirteen languages, and by 17 was an acknowledged master in mathematical science; while yet an undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin, he was appointed in 1827 professor of Astronomy in Dublin University, and Astronomer-Royal of Ireland; his mathematical works and treatises, of the most original and a far-reaching character, brought him a European reputation, and embraced his "Theory of Systems of Rays," "A General Method in Dynamics," and the invention of "Quaternions"; he was knighted in 1835 (1805-1865).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hamilton, Sir William Rowan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hamilton-sir-william-rowan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hamilton, Sir William Rowan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hamilton-sir-william-rowan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
