Photograph of a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque. The plaque is granite, with a blue base with the Dublin City logo, and is attached to a grey granite wall. The text reads 'WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON 1805-1865, Matamaiticeoir agus Réalteolaí, A RUGADH ANSEO, Mathematician and Astronomer, BORN HERE.
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Hamilton, Sir William Rowan – mathematician & astronomer

Bybrendan@bteeling.ie

This plaque marks the site of the childhood home of William Rowan Hamilton, at 36 Dominick Street, Dublin 1 (now 21-24 Bolton Square). Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) was an Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his contributions to algebra, optics, and mechanics. A child prodigy in languages, he later focused on mathematics and made…