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21-787: William Hamilton may refer to: Academics [ edit ] Robert William Hamilton Jr. (1930–2011), known as Bill, American hyperbaric physiologist William Hamilton (university principal) (1669–1732), Principal of the University of Edinburgh William Hamilton (surgeon) (died 1717), surgeon in the British East India Company Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), Scottish metaphysician William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), mathematician, astronomer and physicist who lived in Dublin in

42-620: A cabinet ) as Provincial Auditor under Henry Tancred . During a day of low attendance in October 1854, Richard Packer secured a suspension of the council's standing orders, which allowed him to have the first two readings of a bill to enlarge the council's membership by 12 additional members passed. Whilst there was justification for such a measure due to the long session lengths, the Executive Council consisting of Tancred, Henry Godfrey Gouland, Charles Simeon , and Hamilton regarded

63-600: A Life Support Officer, which earned him a National Academy of Sciences recommendation to NASA as a Scientist Astronaut . Hamilton left the Air Force with and moved to Buffalo, New York , in 1964, where he met Heinz Schreiner and began his work on the undersea world as a scientist and director of the Ocean Systems environmental physiology and diving research lab in Tarrytown, New York . Hamilton investigated

84-475: A government official, he was perceived by William Ellison Burke, the avid recorder of Canterbury personalities in the 1850s and 1860s, as "crotchety official – a wearisome magistrate". Burke wrote: Mr. H. was notoriously the most perfect embodiment of red tape who ever held office in Canterbury. His memos and questions upon documents were masterpieces and calculated to try the patience of the most saintly. As

105-518: A person aged 25. Hamilton held the post in Wanganui for about half a year only before he took on another role at Port Cooper (now known as Lyttelton). At Lyttelton, he was appointed collector of customs for Canterbury in August 1853. On 6 November 1855, Hamilton married Frances Townsend, daughter of James Townsend of Ferrymead . She was the eldest sister of the artist Mary Townsend . In

126-404: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert William Hamilton Jr. He was predeceased by his first wife Beverly, son Beto and daughter Kitty. He was survived by his wife Kathryn (née Faulkner) of nearly 40 years, daughters Lucy and Sally, grandsons, Felix, Bobby, Zach, Tyler and Truman. He earned his degree in liberal arts at

147-695: The University of Texas , followed by a master's degree in animal reproductive biology at Texas A&M . He earned his Doctoral degree in physiology and biophysics in 1964 from the University of Minnesota . Hamilton served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War and Vietnam , earning the rank of major . He was also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross , Air Medal , and other decorations. He helped solve equipment problems on unsuccessful bailouts as

168-834: The Canadian band Silverstein William Hamilton (physician) (1758–1790), Scottish physician and botanist William Hamilton (Irish minister) (1755–1797), Irish Protestant minister, geologist, meteorologist and antiquarian William Thomas Hamilton (frontiersman) (1822–1908), English-born American frontiersman and author William Hamilton (actor) , Irish stage actor of the eighteenth century William Hamilton (priest) , Archdeacon of Armagh William G. Hamilton (1932–2022), American physician Bill Hamilton (journalist) , Washington editor for The New York Times William L. Hamilton, Shaken and Stirred columnist for The New York Times [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

189-4089: The Jacobite movement William Hamilton (British Army officer) (c. 1896–1917), poet and soldier from Victoria Barracks, Windsor Politics [ edit ] Australasia [ edit ] William Hamilton (Australian politician) (1858–1920), Queensland politician William John Warburton Hamilton , administrator, explorer, and politician in New Zealand Canada [ edit ] William Ernest Hamilton (1902–1985), Ontario politician William McLean Hamilton (1919–1989), Canadian politician Ireland [ edit ] William Hamilton (died 1760) , Member of Parliament for Londonderry City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) William Hamilton (died 1762) , Member of Parliament for Strabane (Parliament of Ireland constituency) United States [ edit ] William S. Hamilton (1797–1850), son of Alexander Hamilton, well-known miner, politician, and commander William W. Hamilton (1810–1866), English-born American politician from Iowa William Hamilton (abolitionist) (1773–1836), abolitionist and orator William Hamilton (Flint politician) (died 1878), American politician William Thomas Hamilton (1820–1888), Governor of Maryland (1880–1884) William J. Hamilton (1932–2019), American politician Bill Hamilton (West Virginia politician) (born 1950), American state legislator in West Virginia G. William Hamilton (1933-2022), American politician and businessman United Kingdom [ edit ] William Hamilton (Lord Chancellor) (died 1307), Lord Chancellor of England William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616–1651), Scottish nobleman William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton (1635–1694), Scottish nobleman William Gerard Hamilton (1729–1796), English statesman Sir William Hamilton (diplomat) (1730–1803), Scottish diplomat and husband of Emma Hamilton William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811–1863), Scottish nobleman William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton (1845–1895), Scottish nobleman Willie Hamilton (1917–2000), British Labour MP Lord William Hamilton (1700s–1734), member of parliament for Lanarkshire Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar , pursemaster for James V Sportsmen [ edit ] William Hamilton (cricketer) (1859–1914), Irish cricketer William Hamilton (cyclist) (1930–2017), Canadian Olympic cyclist William Hamilton (footballer) (1903–?), Scottish footballer Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866) (1866–1940), 19th century American Major League baseball player Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990) (born 1990), 21st century American Major League baseball player William Hamilton (tennis player) (1869–1943), Irish tennis player William Hamilton (athlete) (1883–1955), 1908 Olympic gold medalist William Hamilton (sport shooter) (1884–1939), Canadian Olympic shooter William Hamilton (equestrian) (1921–2007), Swedish Olympic equestrian Willie Hamilton (footballer, born 1938) (1938–1976), Scottish footballer Willie Hamilton (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1921), Scottish footballer Bill Hamilton (rugby league) (born 1945), Australian rugby league footballer Billy Hamilton (footballer) (born 1957), Northern Irish footballer Pud Hamilton (William Hamilton, 1874–1965), Canadian ice hockey player Others [ edit ] William Hamilton (antiquarian) (died 1724), Scottish topographer and genealogist, grandfather of William Gerard Hamilton William DaShawn Hamilton (1992– c.  1998 ), an American child whose skeletal remains were found under suspicious circumstances William Richard Hamilton (1777–1859), English antiquarian and traveler William Peter Hamilton (1867–1929), Wall Street Journal editor William Hamilton (film editor) (1893–1942), film editor Bill Hamilton, bassist for

210-568: The NOAA Diving Manual. R.W. Hamilton contributed to, and authored, a large number of scientific and technical papers, reports, and diving medical and safety workshop Proceedings. Some of these are listed here: William John Warburton Hamilton William John Warburton Hamilton (April 1825 – 6 December 1883), who generally signed as J. W. Hamilton , was an administrator, explorer, and politician in New Zealand. Hamilton

231-1947: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Edwin Hamilton (1834–1902), son of William Rowan and publisher of his Elements of Quaternions (1866) William Hamilton (geologist) (1805–1867), English geologist William F. Hamilton (physician) (1893–1964), American physician William F. Hamilton (professor) (born 1941), professorship of management and technology William Hamilton (theologian) (1924–2012), American theologian W. D. Hamilton (1936–2000), British evolutionary biologist and geneticist Bill Hamilton (agricultural scientist) (1909–1992), New Zealand agricultural scientist and scientific administrator Willie Hamilton (academic) (born 1958), expert in cancer diagnosis William Baskerville Hamilton , historian Artists [ edit ] William Hamilton (painter) (1751–1801), English painter William Hamilton Gibson (1850–1896), American illustrator, author and naturalist William Hamilton (cartoonist) (1939–2016), American cartoonist associated with The New Yorker Businessmen [ edit ] William Anthony Hamilton , founder of American computer company Inslaw William Hamilton (lumber baron) (died 1822), lumber merchant and political figure in Upper Canada Bill Hamilton (engineer) (1899–1978), New Zealand engineer and inventor William Hamilton and Company , British shipbuilding firm Criminals [ edit ] William Hamilton (criminal) , criminal who shot at Queen Victoria in 1849 Billy Ray Hamilton (died 2007), American murderer Poets [ edit ] William Hamilton (comic poet) (1665–1751), Scottish poet William Hamilton (Jacobite poet) (1704–1754), Scottish poet associated with

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252-617: The effects of High Pressure Neurological Syndrome , and the Diving Computational Analysis Program (DCAP), which he co-developed with David J. Kenyon. Hamilton was the principal investigator of the NOAA Repex Oxygen Exposure tables to assist divers in avoiding oxygen toxicity . These became the basis for most oxygen exposure calculation methods used for saturation and repetitive diving exposures to oxygen in breathing mixtures. In

273-535: The effects of gases in hyperbaric and hypobaric environments which led to the development of decompression modelling tools and operational procedures for divers, astronauts, hyperbaric chambers, and tunnel and caisson workers. He was both the physiologist and test subject on the first manned laboratory saturation diving to the continental shelf pressure of 12 ATA (200 msw) in 1965. He founded Hamilton Research, Ltd. (1976), for decompression and hyperbaric research, which developed procedures and techniques to mitigate

294-647: The first elections for the Canterbury Provincial Council on 31 August 1853, five people contested the three available positions in the Town of Lyttelton electorate. Hamilton came a close second, and was thus returned; the other successful candidates were Isaac Cookson and Christopher Edward Dampier (the solicitor of the Canterbury Association ). In November 1853, he was appointed onto the first Executive Council (comparable to

315-650: The late 1980s, he developed project-specific custom decompression tables . His work with decompression tables, physiological effects of gases, and methods of managing exposure to oxygen, helped to open up the new field of technical diving . This included work with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) developing "Monitor Mix" breathing gas for dives to the USS Monitor . This breathing gas became NOAA Trimix I, with decompression tables designed by Bill Hamilton published in

336-648: The matter as a vote of no confidence and resigned. He was a member of Tancred's second Executive Council (July 1855 – February 1857) and on the Executive led by Packer (February – June 1857). He retired at the end of his term as provincial councillor in July 1857 and did not seek re-election. He was appointed resident magistrate of Christchurch in February 1856. When he left the customs service, he became receiver of land revenue. He retired in 1874. For some time, he

357-470: The nearby Mount Hamilton. In 1849, he attempted the first known ascent of Mount Tapuaenuku in the Kaikōura Ranges . He was with Edward John Eyre , Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster , and seven Māori . They came within a short distance of the summit but were forced to turn back. In 1850, Governor Grey appointed Hamilton resident magistrate for Wanganui , which was a significant responsibility for

378-479: The role of Governor of New Zealand . Hamilton served for FitzRoy until the latter was recalled, and then worked under the next governor, George Grey . Hamilton returned to England in 1846. He returned on HMS  Acheron in 1848 as a survey officer. From inland explorations, geographic features were named for him, including Hamilton Plains (now known as Hanmer Plain) on the Waiau Uwha River , and

399-410: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Hamilton&oldid=1219084359 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

420-585: Was born in 1825 at Little Chart , Kent , England. His father was Rev John Vesey Hamilton, and Richard Vesey Hamilton was his younger brother. He was educated in England, Paris , Brussels , and at Harrow School . He emigrated aged 18 on the Bangalore with Sydney in Australia as his destination, but he met Robert FitzRoy on the journey and became his private secretary; FitzRoy was travelling to take up

441-621: Was manager of the Union Bank in Lyttelton. In 1861, Charles Bowen sold his interest in the Lyttelton Times to William Reeves and Hamilton. He was a governor of Christ's College , and was on the board of Canterbury College (1875–1883). As a resident magistrate, he was widely respected for his fair dealings. His contribution to the provincial government was regarded as valuable, especially his understanding of finances. As

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