Hamilton, Robert
Record IDcnp00964017
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Biographical Data1743 - 1829
Last Edit2022-11-02
General Note
Political economist and mathematician. Born Edinburgh 1743, eighth son of Gavin Hamilton, bookseller and publisher. Began working as a clerk for Hogg and Son, bankers. Candidate for the mathematical chair at Marischal Coll., 1766 but was unsuccessful. Partner in a paper mill with his father. Rector of Perth Academy, 1769. LLD., Edinburgh, 1775. Chair of Natural Philosophy, Marischal Coll., 1779. Exchanged duties with Copland, the professor of mathematics, in 1780, but did not officially take up the post until 1817. Librarian, Marischal Coll., 1796-99. He wrote numerous mathematical and economic works, but his chief work was the Inquiry concerning the rise and progress, the reduction and present state, and the management of the national debt of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1813. After 50 years of teaching, he died in Aberdeen, 1829. Hist last work was published posthumously in 1830.
Prof., Marischal College and Univ. of Aberdeen
1787: der Arzneywiss. Doctor, d. kön. Colleg. d. Aerzte zu London, wie auch d. medicin. naturforschenden u. anderer literar. Ges. zu Edinburgh u. London Mitglied
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Médecin de l'Armée. - Né à Coleraine, près de Londonderry. Reçu médecin à Edinbourg. Pratiqua la médecine à Dorchester, puis à Luton. En 1784, devient membre du "Royal College of Physicians" et s'établit à Ipswich en 1785. Il reprit du service dans l'armée mais devint aveugle
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Further Biographical Data1743-1829
1743-1829
1743-1829
1743-1829
Coleraine, 1749- Ipswich, 29.05.1830
Academic Title or DegreeProf.
Dr.
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityProf., Marischal College and Univ. of Aberdeen
Arzt (gnd)
Militärarzt (gnd)
Physician
Arzt.
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
IE (iso3166)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Place of Activity
Place of BirthColeraine (1749)
Lieu de naissance Place of DeathIpswich (1830)
Lieu de mort Names
HeadingHamilton, Robert
used in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa
Hamilton, Robert
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
Hamilton, Robert
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Hamilton, Robert
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Hamilton, Robert, LL.D., F.R.S.E.
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Hamilton, Robert
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Hamilton, Robert
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Hamilton, Robert, M.D., of Ipswich
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Variant NameHamilton, R.
Hamilton, ...
Hamilton, R., Robert
Hamilton, Robertus
Sources
Found inThe progress of society / By Robert Hamilton.- London, 1830.. — LCC online. — BL online. — DNB. — Fasti 46, 48, 54, 75. — GK55. — DNB. — NUC. — GK55. — DNB. — Wellcome. — LCAuth. — WBIS. — Oxford DNB
Imprint Sourcest113207: his A short system of arithmetic and book-keeping, 1788 tp=By R. Hamilton, ...
t146746: his An introduction to merchandize, 1797 tp=By Robert Hamilton, ...
Bemerkungen über die Mittel wider der Biß toller Hunde. - 1787
Über die Pflichten der Regimentschirurgen. - 1790
Hamilton, Robert: Bemerkungen über die Mittel wider der Biß toller Hunde. - 1787
Hamilton, Robert: The progress of society. - 1830
Hamilton, Robert: Über die Pflichten der Regimentschirurgen. - 1790
Handbuch der militairischen Arzneikunde. - 1790
Handbuch der militarischen Arzneikunde für Feldärzte und Wundärzte in Garnisonen und Kriegslazarethen. Nach dem Plane eines englischen Werks von Hamilton, 1790
Hebenstreit, Ernst B.: Handbuch der militairischen Arzneikunde. - 1790
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