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NameWilliam Hamilton 
[67, Hamilton of Preston article, vol IV, p. 300], [346, Hamiltons of Preston, p. 297], [62, 1885 edition, Hamilton of Preston, p. 628], [54, His own article]
[67, Hamilton of Preston article, vol IV, p. 300], [346, Hamiltons of Preston, p. 297], [62, 1885 edition, Hamilton of Preston, p. 628], [54, His own article]Birth31 Jul 1758, Glasgow
Death13 Mar 1790, probably Glasgow
GeneralSurgeon; professor of anatomy at Glasgow university.
EducationGlasgow grammar, Glasgow univ: BA 1770; Edinburgh, London.
FatherThomas Hamilton (1728-1781)
MotherIsabel Anderson
DNB Main notes for William Hamilton
Hamilton, William 1758-1790
Name: Hamilton, William
Dates: 1758-1790
Active Date: 1790
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Medicine
Occupation: Surgeon
Place of
Birth: Glasgow
Education: Grammar school, Glasgow College, Edinburgh, London
Spouse: Elizabeth Stirling
Sources: Memoir by Cleghorn in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. vol. iv., Appendix, p. 35.
Contributor: C. C. [Charles Creighton]
Article
Hamilton, William 1758-1790, surgeon, born at Glasgow 31 July 1758, was the son of Thomas Hamilton, professor of anatomy and botany, by Isabel Anderson, daughter of a former professor of church history. From the grammar school he went to Glasgow College in 1770, and graduated M.A. in 1775. He studied medicine for two years at Edinburgh, and afterwards in London, under William Hunter, who took him into his house and gave him charge of his dissecting-room. In 1780 he returned to Glasgow, and conducted his invalid father's anatomical class. Next year he was appointed, on the recommendation of William Hunter, to his father's chair. On the death of the latter, in 1782, he succeeded to a large surgical practice, to which he added obstetrics. He was in constant request as a consultant, his anatomical knowledge and obstetric skill being highly valued by his colleagues and old pupils. He is credited with smooth manners towards patients, with benevolence to the poor, and with circumspection in public affairs. He kept notes of his cases, intending to write a system of surgery. He died on 13 March 1790, after a tedious illness brought on by overwork. He published nothing; but his biographer has preserved four specimens of his accurate method (on treatment of inversio uteri, on dislocations of the shoulder, on hydrothorax, and on a form of hernia). He married, in 1783, Elizabeth Stirling, by whom he had two sons, Sir William (1788-1856) [q.v.] and Thomas (1789-1842) [q.v.].
Sources
Memoir by Cleghorn in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. vol. iv., Appendix, p. 35.
Contributor: C. C.
published 1890
Name: Hamilton, William
Dates: 1758-1790
Active Date: 1790
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Medicine
Occupation: Surgeon
Place of
Birth: Glasgow
Education: Grammar school, Glasgow College, Edinburgh, London
Spouse: Elizabeth Stirling
Sources: Memoir by Cleghorn in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. vol. iv., Appendix, p. 35.
Contributor: C. C. [Charles Creighton]
Article
Hamilton, William 1758-1790, surgeon, born at Glasgow 31 July 1758, was the son of Thomas Hamilton, professor of anatomy and botany, by Isabel Anderson, daughter of a former professor of church history. From the grammar school he went to Glasgow College in 1770, and graduated M.A. in 1775. He studied medicine for two years at Edinburgh, and afterwards in London, under William Hunter, who took him into his house and gave him charge of his dissecting-room. In 1780 he returned to Glasgow, and conducted his invalid father's anatomical class. Next year he was appointed, on the recommendation of William Hunter, to his father's chair. On the death of the latter, in 1782, he succeeded to a large surgical practice, to which he added obstetrics. He was in constant request as a consultant, his anatomical knowledge and obstetric skill being highly valued by his colleagues and old pupils. He is credited with smooth manners towards patients, with benevolence to the poor, and with circumspection in public affairs. He kept notes of his cases, intending to write a system of surgery. He died on 13 March 1790, after a tedious illness brought on by overwork. He published nothing; but his biographer has preserved four specimens of his accurate method (on treatment of inversio uteri, on dislocations of the shoulder, on hydrothorax, and on a form of hernia). He married, in 1783, Elizabeth Stirling, by whom he had two sons, Sir William (1788-1856) [q.v.] and Thomas (1789-1842) [q.v.].
Sources
Memoir by Cleghorn in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. vol. iv., Appendix, p. 35.
Contributor: C. C.
published 1890