Birthdate: August 4, 1805
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 2, 1865
Sir William Rowan Hamilton was a renowned Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He held the positions of Director of the Dunsink Observatory and Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin. Hamilton’s work spanned across different areas such as geometrical optics, Fourier analysis, and quaternions, and he is considered a key figure in the development of modern linear algebra. His contributions to optics, classical mechanics, and abstract algebra have greatly influenced theoretical physics, with his reinterpretation of Newtonian mechanics being especially significant.
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