Hamilton
Hamilton names 14 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Hamilton ALEXANDER, an American statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALEXANDER, an American statesman; born in Nevis, W. I., Jan. 11, 1757. In 1772 he was sent to Elizabethtown, N. J., to a grammar school, and in 1773 entered King's College (now Columbia University). When the Revolution broke out he was appointed (1776) captain of artillery, and in 1777 was made a member of Washington's staff, with the rank of lieutenant- ALEXANDER HAMILTON colonel. In 1780 he married a daughter of General Schuyler. Being reproved by Washington for some slight matter, he resigned his commission, but the next year was in command of a battalion of infantry, engaging in the battle of Yorktown. The war being ended he studied law, and was sent to Congress in 1782, and again in 1787. He served in the convention that framed the National Constitution, where he led the sentiment in favor of a strong Federal government, as against a mere union of States. He wrote the greater number of papers collected in "The Federalist," that exerted great influence in bringing the States to accept the Constitution, and became the leader of the Federalist party. He was made the first Secretary of the Treasury under Washington. ngton. He was by this time ranked with Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin, as one of the four great Americans of his day. His position as the leader of the Federalist party brought him into conflict with Jefferson and Monroe, but he nevertheless supported Jefferson in the election contest between him and Burr in the House of Representatives, and partly by his influence Burr was defeated. He became inspector-general of the army in Hane the founders of 1798 the Society of the Cincinnati, of which, in 1800, he became President-General, In 1804 he exerted his influence to defeat Aaron Burr, who was a candidate for governor of New York. Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel, in which he was mortally wounded by Burr's first fire, and died the following day, July 11, 1804.
Hamilton SIR WILLIAM, a distinguished Scotch metaphysician
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR WILLIAM, a distinguished Scotch metaphysician; born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 8, 1788. His father and grandfather held in succession the chairs of anatomy and botany in Glasgow University. Having studied with distinction at Glasgow, in 1809, he entered Baliol College, Oxford, where he gained first-class honors. In 1813 he was admitted to the Scottish bar, but never acquired a practice in his pro profession, his taste lying much more toward the study of philosophy. In 1820 he became a candidate for the chair of moral philosophy in Edinburgh, but, being defeated by Prof. John Wilson, he took the chair of universal history. In 1829 the publication in the "Edinburgh Review" of his celebrated critique of Cousin's system of philosophy gave him at once a first place among the philosophical writers of the time. This was followed in 1830 by his criticism of Brown, and in 1831 by his article on the authorship of "Letters of Obscure Men." In 1836 he was appointed to the chair of logic and metaphysics in Edinburgh University. In 1846 he published an annotated edition of the works of Thomas Reid, and in 1854 the first volume of a similar edition of the works of Dugald Stewart. His lectures on logic and metaphysics were collected and edited by Dean Mansel and Professor Veitch. Hamilton's most important contributions to philosophy are connected with his doctrine of the Quantification of the Predicate in his system of logic; his theory of the "relativity of knowledge," in the Kantian sense, held along with an apparently incompatible doctrine of immediate perception of the non-ego; and his definition of the infinite or unconditioned as a mere negation of thought. He died in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 6, 1856.
Hamilton FAMILY OF, a family long connected with Scotland
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FAMILY OF, a family long connected with Scotland, though probably of English origin, the name being evidently territorial. The first person of the name in Scotland of whom we have reliable information was WAL- TER FITZ-GILBERT OF HAMILTON, who, in 1296, swore fealty to Edward I. of England. In 1445 the family was ennobled in the person of SIR JAMES HAMILTON of Cadzow, who was created Lord Hamilton of Cadzow. At first he adhered to the Douglases against the crown; but, deserting them opportunely, he was rewarded by large grants of their forfeited lands, and at a later period by the hand of the Princess Mary, eldest daughter of King James II., and widow of Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran. He died in 1479. JAMES, the 3d Marquis of Hamilton, one of the ablest and most distinguished of the family, created Duke of Hamilton in 1643 by Charles I., was taken prisoner by the parliamentary forces soon after the battle of Preston, and beheaded in March, 1649. WILLIAM ALEXANDER LOUIS STEPHEN DOUGLAS HAMILTON, 12th Duke of Hamilton in the peerage of Scotland, and 9th Duke of Brandon in the peerage of Great Britain, is premier land field. It has over 500 manufactur- peer of Scotland, and hereditary keeper of Holyrood House. The ennobled offshoots of the main branch of the Hamiltons are numerous and distinguished. Among these are the Dukes of Abercorn, the Earls of Selkirk, Orkney, and Haddington, and the Viscounts Boyne.
Hamilton LADY EMMA, born AMY LYON
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LADY EMMA, born AMY LYON, an English adventuress; born probably in Ness, Cheshire, England, April 26, 1763. She had had three places in London, had borne two children to a navy captain and a baronet, and had posed as Hygeia in a quack-doctor's "Temple of Health," when in 1782 she accepted the protection of the Hon. Charles Greville (1749-1809), to exchange it in 1786 for that of his uncle, Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803). After five years at Naples, in 1791 she was married at Marylebone Church to her elderly ambassador, and, returning to Italy, was straightway admitted to the closest intimacy by Maria Caroline, the queen of Ferdinand I. Her "eminent services" to the British fleet during 1796-1798 in furnishing information and procuring supplies were extolled by Lord Nelson and vaunted by herself. Nelson had first met her in 1793; and gradually Platonic friendship ripened to guilty passion, till, four months after the trio's return to England, she gave birth to a daughter (1801-1881), "our beloved Horatia," so Nelson writes of her in a holograph letter to "my own dear Wife, in my eyes and the face of Heaven." Her credulous husband's death, followed four years later by Nelson's, left Emma mistress of $10,000 a year; but by 1808 she was owing $90,000, and in 1813 was arrested for debt. Next year she escaped to Calais, where she died in penury, Jan. 15, 1815.
Hamilton PATRICK, usually considered as the first Scotch reformer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PATRICK, usually considered as the first Scotch reformer, the second son of Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavel and Stanehouse, and of Catherine, daughter of the Duke of Albany, second son of James II.; born probably in Glasgow, in 1504. He was educated partly at St. Andrews and partly at Paris, where he took his degree in 1520. While still a boy he had been appointed Abbot of Fearn, in Rosshire, but never went into residence, settling instead at St. Andrews in 1523. Here he began to announce his convictions in the principles of the Reformation, and was summoned in 1526 by Archbishop Beaton to stand his trial for heresy. He fled to Germany, where his education as a reformer was completed by an intimate acquaintance with Luther and Melanchthon. After six months' absence he returned to Scotland, and began to preach the Gospel bel openly at Linlithgow, but was allured by Beaton to St. Andrews under pretense of a friendly conference, put on his trial, convicted of various heresies, and burned at the stake, March 1, 1527. His death did perhaps more to extend the principles of the Reformation in Scotland than even his life could have done.
Hamilton FRANK HASTINGS, an American surgeon
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FRANK HASTINGS, an American surgeon; born in Wilmington, Vt., Sept. 10, 1813. He was graddepartment of uated from the medical the University of Pennsylvania in 1833, N. Y. In and first practiced in Auburn, 1844 he went to Buffalo, and, with Dr. Austin Flint and Dr. James Platt White, established the medical department of the University of Buffalo. He removed to Brooklyn in 1860, and was the first of Surgery in the Long Island Professor College Hospital. In 1861 he went to the war as surgeon of the 31st New York Volunteers and was made brigade surgeon after the battle of Bull Run, and surgeon of General Keyes' corps in 1862. A year later he was made medical inspector of the United States army. He was one of the founders of Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1861, and was Professor of Surgery there till he resigned in 1875. Dr. Hamilton was associated with Drs. Agnew and Bliss in the care of President Garfield. He wrote extensively on the principles and practice of surgery. He died in New York City, Aug. 11, 1886.
Hamilton a town of Lanarkshire
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a town of Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the Clyde; 10 miles S. E. of Glasgow. The principal edifice is the burgh building (1863), with a clocktower nearly 130 feet high; and there are also the county buildings, large barracks, and a good race-course. The former manufactures of lace, tamboured bobinette, and cambric have declined; and mining is now the chief industry of the district. Hamilton was made a royal burgh in 1548, and one of the five Falkirk parliamentary burghs in 1832. Hamilton Palace, successor to Cadzow Castle, is the seat of the Duke of Hamilton. Dating partly from 1594, but greatly enlarged in 1705 and 1822, it is a sumptuous classical structure, though its choicest art collections were sold in 1882 for nearly $2,000,000. Within its policies are a superb mausoleum (1852), the ruins of Cadzow Castle, the herd of wild white cattle, and some primeval oaks. Pop. about 39,531.
Hamilton SIR IAN STANDISH MONTEITH, an English soldier
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR IAN STANDISH MONTEITH, an English soldier, born in Corfu, in 1853. He was educated at Wellington and entered the army in 1873. He saw active service in the Afghan War in 1878 to 1880, and in the Boer War of 1881. He took part in the Nile expedition of 1884-1885, and in the Burmese expedition of 1886-1887. He was promoted to be colonel in 1891, and general in 1899, when he fought before Ladysmith. In i 1901 he was appointed chief of staff to General Kitchener. From 1910 to 1915 he was chief in command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and had general charge of the land operations at the G the Gallipoli peninsula. The failure of his enterprise resulted in severe criticism against his plan of campaign. He defended himself in an elaborate report, made public in 1918.
Hamilton a city and county-seat of Butler co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Butler co., O.; on both sides of the Great Miami river and on the Miami and Erie canal, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton and the Ohio Electric railroads; 25 miles N. of Cincinnati. The river affords extensive water power for the manufacture of railroad supplies, machinery, wagons ١٠ and carriages, boots and shoes, flour, iron, bank-vaults, ropes, saws, etc., c., besides paper, woolen, cotton, and sawmills. The city has 2 National banks, and its institutions include Notre Dame Academy, the Hamilton Children's Home, the Mercy Hospital, a court house, public schools, electric lights, and street railways, daily and weekly newspapers, and public high school. Pop. (1910) 35,279; (1920) 39,675. city of Ontario,
Hamilton a Canada, the capital of Wentworth co
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a Canada, the capital of Wentworth co. It is on the Burlington Bay, and on the Grand Trunk, the Canadian Pacific, and the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railroads. It has an excellent harbor and has steam communication with lake ports, and an important trade with the Maritime Provinces. It is the center of an important fruit growing region of west Ontario. Abundant water power is furnished from the Decew Falls, 35 miles southeast of the city. It is also supplied with natural gas from the Weling establishments, 33 banks and branches, over 80 churches, and many public and private institutions. Pop. (1918) about 110,000.
Hamilton a Scottish town on the Clyde
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a Scottish town on the Clyde, ten miles southeast of Glasgow. The palace of the Duke of Hamilton is here. The ruins of the ancient castle of the family are in the vicinity. Bothwell Bridge is near by. Like Mackenzie, Campbell, and other Scottish family names, the name of Hamilton has spread all over the newly settled portions of the globe, especially in Australia, Canada, and the United States . Numerous towns, counties, and streams bear the name of Hamilton.
Hamilton COSMO, an English dramatist and novelist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
COSMO, an English dramatist and novelist. His first apprenticeship was in journalism, and after holding various positions became editor of the "London World." When the war broke out he was gazetted as sublieutenant, R. N. A. S. His works include: Novels "Adam's Clay"; "Brummell"; "The Blindness of Virtue"; "Duke's Son"; "The Miracle of Love"; plays "The Wisdom of Folly"; "A Sense of Humor"; "The Mountain Climber"; "Bridge"; "Arsene Lupin"; "Mrs. Skeffington"; "The Blindness of Virtue."
Hamilton metropolis of the W
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
metropolis of the W. part of Victoria, Australia, on Grange Burn Creek, 224 miles W. of Melbourne. Two pastoral and agricultural exhibitions are held here annually, and two race-meetings. Pop. (1918) 4,700.
Hamilton a town in the Bermudas
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a town in the Bermudas, of which it is the capital. It is on the Great Bermuda, and was founded in 1790. Pop. (1918) 2,627.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the Hamiltons gathered here, the ranking has shifted sharply. Collier's in 1921 gave Alexander Hamilton and Sir William Hamilton the Scottish metaphysician comparable weight; today the first is a global celebrity, kept on the ten-dollar bill after Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2015 musical helped reverse a Treasury plan to redesign the note, while the second, whose Quantification of the Predicate once put him at the head of British philosophy, is now read chiefly through John Stuart Mill's demolition of him in 1865. Lady Emma, dismissed in 1921 as an English adventuress who had posed as Hygeia in a quack's Temple of Health, has been rehabilitated by modern biographers as a gifted performer and by the popularity of Romney's portraits of her. The ducal line ran on past Collier's, too: the 12th Duke, written of as though living, had died in 1895, and it was the 14th Duke whom Rudolf Hess hoped to reach when he parachuted into Scotland in May 1941.
Written for this edition, 2026.