| Authorised form of name | Hamilton; Hugh (1729 - 1805) |
| Dates | 1729 - 1805 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Knock, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 26 March 1729 |
| Place of death | Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Date of death | 01 December 1805 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
St Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
| Research field | Natural philosophy |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin (1742). Graduated BA (1747), MA (1750) and DD (1762)
Career:
Professor of Natural Philosophy, Dublin (1759-1764); Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1796-1799); Bishop of Ossory (1799-1805)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/02/1761 |
| Published works | 'De sectionibus conicis tractatus geometricus' (1758); '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) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Royal Society code | NA7922 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1760/21 | Hamilton, Hugh: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/3/388 | Paper, 'Account of a book on conic sections published in 1758' by Hugh Hamilton | 1758 |
| L&P/4/267 | Letter, 'A dissertation on the nature of evaporation and on several phenomena of air, water and of boiling liquors' from Hugh Hamilton to Charles Dodgson | 5 March 1765 |