Hugh Hamilton (bishop)

Hugh Hamilton
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1790
Born(1729-03-26)26 March 1729
Knock, County Dublin, Ireland
Died1 December 1805(1805-12-01) (aged 76)
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Known forProfessor of natural philosophy, Anglican bishop

Hugh Hamilton FRS (26 March 1729 – 1 December 1805) was a mathematician, natural philosopher (scientist) and professor at Trinity College Dublin, and later a Church of Ireland bishop, Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh and then Bishop of Ossory.

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