Philosopher, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He studied at Oxford, and became professor of civil history in Edinburgh in 1821, and of logic and metaphysics in 1836. He published many important articles, mostly in the Edinburgh Review, which were collected in 1852 under the title Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform. His articles on German philosophers introduced Kant to the British public. His main work was published posthumously as Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic (185960).
William Hamilton (and shortened forms) may refer to:
North Americans
William Hamilton (trapper) (1822-1908), American trapper, "Wildcat Bill" William Thomas Hamilton (1820-1888), Governor of Maryland (1880-1884) William F. Hamilton (born 1884), 1908 Olympic
gold medalist William Hamilton (lumber baron) (-1922), lumber merchant and political figure in Upper Canada Billy Hamilton (baseball player) (1866-1940), American Major League Baseball player
Europeans
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616-1651), Scottish nobleman William Hamilton (surgeon) (died 1717), Surgeon of the British East India Company William Hamilton (educator) (?-1730?),
Principal of the University of Edinburgh William Hamilton of Gilbertfield (1665-1751), Scottish poet William Hamilton (Jacobite poet) (1704-1754), Scottish poet Sir William Hamilton (diplomat)
(1730-1803), Scottish diplomat and husband of Emma Hamilton William Hamilton (painter) (1751 - 1801), English painter William Richard Hamilton (1777 - 1859), English antiquarian and traveller Sir
William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788 - 1856), the Scottish metaphysician Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805 - 1865), Irish mathematician William Hamilton (tennis player), tennis player, winner of
the 1890 Wimbledon championships William Hamilton, an Irishman who attacked Queen Victoria in 1849 Willie Hamilton (1917-2000), anti-monarchist British MP W.
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