Trinity College presented him to the rectory of Kilmacrenan in the diocese of Raphoe, County Donegal, in 1764. This was a small living in the gift of the college, for which he resigned his fellowship. He retained the Erasmus Smith's chair, however,[5] being succeeded in that by Thomas Wilson in 1769.[8] He resigned from Kilmacrenan in 1767 and become vicar of St. Anne's in Dublin.
He then became Dean of Armagh, the chief resident cleric of St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh, from April 1768 to 1796.[3] Finding the existing dean's house inconvenient and poorly situated, he had a new one built in a better location[5] just off Portadown Road, now known as Dean's Hill. The house, of three stories and a semi-basement,[9] was built in 1772–74.[10] The house was later sold by the church and the present owners provide bed and breakfast accommodation in it.[9] While dean he also acted as treasurer for the infirmary or county hospital, he established Sunday schools in the districts of the parish, and he founded a charitable loan for poor tradesmen. He was also instrumental in planning a piped water supply for the town, which was later put into effect.[5] Hamilton was one of the 38 original members of the Royal Irish Academy when it was founded in 1785.[11]Gilbert Stuart painted his portrait in about 1790.[12]
He was promoted to Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 20 January 1796, without seeking it.[13] On 24 January 1799 he was translated to Ossory,[14] where he was bishop until 1805.[15] He died of a fever at Kilkenny on 1 December 1805.[16] He was buried in the graveyard of St Canice's Cathedral at Kilkenny, and there is a memorial to him inside the cathedral.
Works
Hamilton wrote a mathematical treatise on conic sections called De Sectionibus Conicis: Tractatus Geometricus, published in 1758.[3] In this book he "was the first to deduce the properties of the conic section from the properties of the cone, by demonstrations which were general, unencumbered by lemmas, and proceeding in a more natural and perspicuous order", according to writer James Wills in 1847.[13] The work was acclaimed for its lucidity and Leonhard Euler described it as a perfect book.[17] It was "soon adopted in all the British universities"[13] and was translated from Latin into English as A Geometrical Treatise of the Conic Sections in 1773.
He also wrote Philosophical Essays on Vapours (1767), Four Introductory Lectures on Natural Philosophy (1774), and An Essay on the Existence and Attributes of the Supreme Being (1784). His principal works were collected and republished, with a memoir, as The Works of the Right Rev. Hugh Hamilton by his eldest son, Alexander Hamilton, in two volumes in 1809.[3]
Family
Hamilton married Isabella, daughter of Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead, County Westmeath, in 1772. Isabella's mother Frances was the twin sister of Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston. Hugh and Isabella had five sons and two daughters. They were Alexander, who was a barrister; Frances; Hans, who was rector of Knocktopher and associated with the Carrickshock incident of 1831; Isabella; Henry; George, who was a biblical scholar;[18][19] and Hugh,[20] who married Elizabeth Staples, a daughter of John Staples, a Member of Parliament. The younger Hugh was the great-grandfather of Clive Staples Lewis, better known as C. S. Lewis.[21] Bishop Hugh Hamilton was a great-great-great-grandfather of the mathematicians John Lighton Synge and his brother Edward Hutchinson Synge.[22]Dodgson Hamilton Madden, the High Court judge and noted scholar, was the Bishop's great-grandson.
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^ abHamilton, George (1933). A History of the House of Hamilton. Edinburgh: J. Skinner & Co. p. 959.
^ abcdHamilton, Alexander (1809). "Life of the late Lord Bishop of Ossory". In Hamilton, Alexander (ed.). The Works of the Right Rev. Hugh Hamilton, D.D., Late Bishop of Ossory. Vol. I. p. viii–xv. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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^Carlisle, Nicholas (1813). An Index to The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. pp. 96–97.
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^Florides, Petros S. (2003). "John Synge 1897–1995". In McCartney, Mark; Whitaker, Andrew (eds.). Physicists of Ireland: Passion and Precision. Institute of Physics Pub. p. 210.
hugh, hamilton, bishop, hugh, hamilton, march, 1729, december, 1805, mathematician, natural, philosopher, scientist, professor, trinity, college, dublin, later, church, ireland, bishop, bishop, clonfert, kilmacduagh, then, bishop, ossory, hugh, hamiltonportrai. Hugh Hamilton FRS 26 March 1729 1 December 1805 was a mathematician natural philosopher scientist and professor at Trinity College Dublin and later a Church of Ireland bishop Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh and then Bishop of Ossory Hugh HamiltonPortrait by Gilbert Stuart c 1790Born 1729 03 26 26 March 1729Knock Co Dublin IrelandDied1 December 1805 1805 12 01 aged 76 Kilkenny Co Kilkenny IrelandKnown forProfessor of natural philosophy Anglican bishop Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Family 4 ReferencesLife EditHe was born at Knock near Balrothery in County Dublin now Fingal on 26 March 1729 the eldest son of Alexander died 1768 1 2 and Isabella Hamilton 3 His father was a solicitor and politician who represented the Killyleagh constituency in the Irish House of Commons from 1739 to 1759 4 Alexander s great grandfather Hugh Hamilton migrated from Scotland to County Down in the early 17th century The Scottish architect James Hamilton of Finnart was an ancestor 3 Isabella Hamilton was born Isabella Maxwell the daughter of Robert Maxwell of Finnebrogue Downpatrick 4 Hugh s siblings included George Hamilton Baron of the Court of Exchequer Ireland and Charles father of the wealthy Canadian lumber merchant and politician George Hamilton Hamilton entered Trinity College Dublin on 17 November 1742 at the age of 13 with Thomas McDonnell as his tutor He graduated Bachelor of Arts BA in 1747 and Trinity Master of Arts MA Dubl in 1750 3 He took the competitive examination for a vacant fellowship of the college in 1750 but the position was secured instead by his friend Richard Murray who was a few years older Two fellowships became vacant the following year and Hamilton was elected to one of them at the age of 22 5 He was appointed Erasmus Smith s Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin in 1759 6 and that same year graduated Bachelor of Divinity BD 3 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 19 February 1761 7 and graduated Doctor of Divinity DD in 1762 3 Trinity College presented him to the rectory of Kilmacrenan in the diocese of Raphoe County Donegal in 1764 This was a small living in the gift of the college for which he resigned his fellowship He retained the Erasmus Smith s chair however 5 being succeeded in that by Thomas Wilson in 1769 8 He resigned from Kilmacrenan in 1767 and become vicar of St Anne s in Dublin He then became Dean of Armagh the chief resident cleric of St Patrick s Cathedral in Armagh from April 1768 to 1796 3 Finding the existing dean s house inconvenient and poorly situated he had a new one built in a better location 5 just off Portadown Road now known as Dean s Hill The house of three stories and a semi basement 9 was built in 1772 74 10 The house was later sold by the church and the present owners provide bed and breakfast accommodation in it 9 While dean he also acted as treasurer for the infirmary or county hospital he established Sunday schools in the districts of the parish and he founded a charitable loan for poor tradesmen He was also instrumental in planning a piped water supply for the town which was later put into effect 5 Hamilton was one of the 38 original members of the Royal Irish Academy when it was founded in 1785 11 Gilbert Stuart painted his portrait in about 1790 12 He was promoted to Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 20 January 1796 without seeking it 13 On 24 January 1799 he was translated to Ossory 14 where he was bishop until 1805 15 He died of a fever at Kilkenny on 1 December 1805 16 He was buried in the graveyard of St Canice s Cathedral at Kilkenny and there is a memorial to him inside the cathedral Works EditHamilton wrote a mathematical treatise on conic sections called De Sectionibus Conicis Tractatus Geometricus published in 1758 3 In this book he was the first to deduce the properties of the conic section from the properties of the cone by demonstrations which were general unencumbered by lemmas and proceeding in a more natural and perspicuous order according to writer James Wills in 1847 13 The work was acclaimed for its lucidity and Leonhard Euler described it as a perfect book 17 It was soon adopted in all the British universities 13 and was translated from Latin into English as A Geometrical Treatise of the Conic Sections in 1773 He also wrote Philosophical Essays on Vapours 1767 Four Introductory Lectures on Natural Philosophy 1774 and An Essay on the Existence and Attributes of the Supreme Being 1784 His principal works were collected and republished with a memoir as The Works of the Right Rev Hugh Hamilton by his eldest son Alexander Hamilton in two volumes in 1809 3 Family EditHamilton married Isabella daughter of Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead County Westmeath in 1772 Isabella s mother Frances was the twin sister of Edward King 1st Earl of Kingston Hugh and Isabella had five sons and two daughters They were Alexander who was a barrister Frances Hans who was rector of Knocktopher and associated with the Carrickshock incident of 1831 Isabella Henry George who was a biblical scholar 18 19 and Hugh 20 who married Elizabeth Staples a daughter of John Staples a Member of Parliament The younger Hugh was the great grandfather of Clive Staples Lewis better known as C S Lewis 21 Bishop Hugh Hamilton was a great great great grandfather of the mathematicians John Lighton Synge and his brother Edward Hutchinson Synge 22 Dodgson Hamilton Madden the High Court judge and noted scholar was the Bishop s great grandson References Edit Rayment Leigh Irish House of Commons 1692 1800 Leigh Rayment s Peerage Page Archived from the original on 1 June 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Burke s Irish Family Records 103 ed p 546 a b c d e f g h Blacker B H revised Carter Philip 2004 Hamilton Hugh 1729 1805 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 12076 Retrieved 10 December 2011 a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b Hamilton George 1933 A History of the House of Hamilton Edinburgh J Skinner amp Co p 959 a b c d Hamilton Alexander 1809 Life of the late Lord Bishop of Ossory In Hamilton Alexander ed The Works of the Right Rev Hugh Hamilton D D Late Bishop of Ossory Vol I p viii xv Retrieved 3 October 2016 Erasmus Smith s professors of Mathematics Mathematics at TCD 1592 1992 List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 2007 PDF The Royal Society July 2007 Retrieved 3 October 2016 Spearman T D 1992 400 years of mathematics The eighteenth century Trinity College Dublin Retrieved 17 September 2016 a b Kingsley Nick 20 September 2015 Armstrong and Wright Armstrong of Armagh and Killylea Landed Families of Britain and Ireland Retrieved 7 October 2016 Bence Jones Mark 1978 Burke s Guide to Country Houses Vol 1 Ireland London Burke s Peerage p 100 ISBN 0850110262 Carlisle Nicholas 1813 An Index to The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy pp 96 97 Hugh Hamilton Dean of Armagh painting Art Inventories Catalog Smithsonian American Art Museum a b c Wills James c 1847 A History of Ireland in the Lives of Irishmen London Fullarton Retrieved 10 December 2011 Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde E B Greenway D E Porter S Roy I Cambridge CUP 1996 ISBN 0 521 56350 X 9780521563505 The Silver Bowl 1801 August 17 Thesilverbowl com Retrieved 8 June 2016 Hugh Hamilton Bishop of Ossory Libraryireland com Retrieved 8 June 2016 Florides Petros S 2003 John Synge 1897 1995 In McCartney Mark Whitaker Andrew eds Physicists of Ireland Passion and Precision Institute of Physics Pub p 210 Stephen Leslie Lee Sidney eds 1890 Hamilton George 1783 1830 Dictionary of National Biography Vol 24 London Smith Elder amp Co The Peerage of England Scotland and Ireland The peerage of Ireland W Owen and 2 others 1790 p 136 Stephen Leslie Lee Sidney eds 1890 Hamilton Hugh 1729 1805 Dictionary of National Biography Vol 24 London Smith Elder amp Co The Collected Letters of C S Lewis Vol I pg 996 Ed Walter Hooper John Lighton Synge by Petros S Florides School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin Church of Ireland titlesPreceded byCharles Brodrick Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh1795 1799 Succeeded byMatthew YoungPreceded byThomas O Beirne Bishop of Ossory1799 1805 Succeeded byJohn Kearney Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hugh Hamilton bishop amp oldid 1159139854, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
