Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for William Rowan Hamilton across 5 places, from 1805 to 1832.
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton (4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made numerous major contributions to algebra, classical mechanics, and optics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where William Rowan Hamilton was documented, and when
4 August 1805exact date
Dublinattested“William Rowan Hamilton was born on 4 August 1805 in Dublin, Ireland, the fourth of nine children of Archibald Hamilton (1778–1819) and Sarah Hutton, who lived at 29 Dominick Street (later renumbered to 36).”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1831year
Birminghamattested“On a second tour in England with Nimmo in 1831, Hamilton parted from him at Birmingham, to visit the Lawrence sisters and family on his mother's side in the Liverpool area.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1831year
Englandattested“On a second tour in England with Nimmo in 1831, Hamilton parted from him at Birmingham, to visit the Lawrence sisters and family on his mother's side in the Liverpool area.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1831year
Liverpoolattested“On a second tour in England with Nimmo in 1831, Hamilton parted from him at Birmingham, to visit the Lawrence sisters and family on his mother's side in the Liverpool area.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1832year
Highgateattested“Hamilton visited Samuel Taylor Coleridge at Highgate, in 1832, helped by an unexpected letter of introduction given to him by Sarah Lawrence on a visit to Liverpool in March of that year.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1832year
Liverpoolattested“Hamilton visited Samuel Taylor Coleridge at Highgate, in 1832, helped by an unexpected letter of introduction given to him by Sarah Lawrence on a visit to Liverpool in March of that year.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
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September 1813month
Dublinmentioned“In September 1813, the American calculating prodigy Zerah Colburn was being exhibited in Dublin.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1823year
Trinity College Dublinmentioned“In July of 1823, Hamilton earned a place at Trinity College Dublin by examination, at age 17.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1824year
Edgeworthstownmentioned“In 1824, Hamilton was introduced at Edgeworthstown to the novelist Maria Edgeworth, by The Rev.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1827year
Dublinmentioned“In 1827, Hamilton wrote to his sister Grace about "some of" the Lawrence sisters having met his sister Eliza in Dublin.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1827 to 1835period
Royal Societymentioned“A fuller understanding awaited the microlocal analysis of the middle of the 20th century, The step from optics to dynamics in the application of the method of "Varying Action" was made in 1827, and communicated to the Royal Society, in w…”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1829year
Dublinmentioned“When Wordsworth visited Dublin in the summer of 1829, in a party with John Marshall and his family, he stayed at Dunsink with Hamilton.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1829year
Dunsinkmentioned“When Wordsworth visited Dublin in the summer of 1829, in a party with John Marshall and his family, he stayed at Dunsink with Hamilton.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
1840 to 1842period
Dunsinkmentioned“She also was away from Dunsink, staying with sisters, for much of the time from 1840 to 1842.”source: Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton
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