Sir William Rowan Hamilton MRIA, FRAS was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was the Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, living at Dunsink Observatory.
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Born: August 4, 1805, Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 2, 1865 (age 60 years), Dublin, Ireland
Education: Trinity College Dublin (1827)
Parents: Sarah Hutton and Archibald Hamilton
Children: William Edwin Hamilton
Awards: Royal Medal (1835) and Cunningham Medal (1834 and 1848)