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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet has received more than 145,521 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet is the 988th most popular philosopher (down from 987th in 2019), the 2,824th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,990th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 988 out of 1,081Before him are Metrocles, Rémi Brague, Polemon of Athens, Anna Kingsford, Stanley Cavell, and Egon Bondy. After him are Ladislav Klíma, Martin Lings, Karl Ludwig von Haller, Michał Heller, Merab Mamardashvili, and Colotes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 42Before him are Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Athanasios Diakos, Edward Sabine, Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, Kikuchi Yōsai, and Margaret Taylor. After him are Francisco Balagtas, Gheorghe Asachi, Spyridon Trikoupis, Sarah Goodridge, Adoniram Judson, and Edwin Atherstone. Among people deceased in 1856, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 38Before him are Emil Aarestrup, Vicente López y Planes, Henry Pottinger, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Agostino Bassi, and Lev Perovski. After him are Josef Kajetán Tyl, Johan August Wahlberg, Frederick William Beechey, Ivan Kireyevsky, John M. Clayton, and Joseph Meyer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 2,824 out of 7,765Before him are Richard Bright (1789), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), Mark Sheppard (1964), Teresa Ann Savoy (1955), Minette Walters (1949), and Matthew Hopkins (1620). After him are Lawrence Oates (1880), Raphael Holinshed (1529), George Turner (1841), Frederick Catherwood (1799), Jerry Springer (1944), and Martin Lings (1909).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ranks 64Before him are Frederick Copleston (1907), John Hick (1922), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), Richard Swinburne (1934), Carole Pateman (1940), and Anna Kingsford (1846). After him are Martin Lings (1909), Hector Boece (1465), John Peckham (1227), John Scott Haldane (1860), Michael Oakeshott (1901), and R. M. Hare (1919).