Manuscripts from the personal library of Sir William Hamilton, 1788-1856, metaphysician 1300-1817

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Manuscripts from the personal library of Sir William Hamilton, 1788-1856, metaphysician 1300-1817

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5.57 metres (147 items)

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Glasgow University Library Special Collections

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Hamilton, William, Sir, 1788-1856

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Hamilton, Sir William (1788-1856: metaphysician)

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William Hamilton was born in Scotland in 1788 . He was educated in Glasgow, Scotland, and at Balliol College, Oxford where he was a friend of J G Lockhart, the biographer of Walter Scott. He gained his MA in 1814 and established his claim to baronetcy in 1816 . After touring Germany in 1817 and 1820, he was elected professor of civil history at the University of Edinburgh in 1821 . Articles in the Edinburgh Review made his reputation as a philosopher between 1829-1836 and he was ele...