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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

1788 - 1856

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet FRSE (8 March 1788 – 6 May 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician. He is often referred to as William Stirling Hamilton of Preston, in reference to his mother, Elizabeth Stirling. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet is the 1,099th most popular philosopher (down from 1,081st in 2019), the 3,540th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,079th in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 1,099 out of 1,267. Before him are John Scott Haldane, Eugenio Garin, Alexander Men, Jean Cavaillès, Ivan Kireyevsky, and Abdel Rahman Badawi. After him are Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Albert Razin, Hermann Gunkel, Rosi Braidotti, and John Hick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 52. Before him are Hugh Clapperton, Gheorghe Asachi, Edwin Atherstone, Kikuchi Yōsai, Mikhail Shchepkin, and Tomás de Zumalacárregui. After him are Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker, Adoniram Judson, Károly Kisfaludy, William Henry Smyth, Charles Robert Cockerell, and Sarah Goodridge. Among people deceased in 1856, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 47. Before him are Ninomiya Sontoku, Jovan Sterija Popović, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Johan August Wahlberg, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, and Ivan Kireyevsky. After him are Michel Félix Dunal, John M. Clayton, Frederick William Beechey, Joseph Meyer, William Yarrell, and Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 3,541 out of 8,785. Before him are James Purefoy (1964), Ben Barnes (1981), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), Neil Murray (1950), Andrew Johnson (1981), and Frank Hadow (1855). After him are Joe Fagan (1921), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Alexander Burnes (1805), Keir Hardie (1856), John Cairncross (1913), and Jimmy Murray (1933).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 75. Before him are Michael Oakeshott (1901), R. M. Hare (1919), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), Carole Pateman (1940), and John Scott Haldane (1860). After him are John Hick (1922), W. D. Ross (1877), Michael Ruse (1940), Dugald Stewart (1753), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), and Walter Burley (1275).

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