William Rowan Hamilton
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William Rowan Hamilton
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin. Hamilton was Dunsink's third director, having worked there from 1827 to 1865. His career included the study of geometrical optics, Fourier analysis, and quaternions, the last of which made him one of the founders of modern linear algebra. He has made major contributions in optics, classical mechanics, and abstract algebra. His work is fundamental to m
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Irish mathematician, astronomer and physicist (1805–1865)
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2002-02-19T16:13:42Z
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2024-09-08T14:28:55Z
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