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Gavin Hamilton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland (Part of the United Kingdon since 1 May 1707)
Death: 1829
Immediate Family:

Son of Reverend, Doctor Robert Hamilton, FRSE and Jean Hay of Haystoun
Brother of Grizel Hamilton and Doctor James Hamilton

Managed by: Alisdair James Smyth
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About Gavin Hamilton

GAVIN HAMILTON

Surgeon in Edinburgh

HAMILTON
GAVIN
ROBERT HAMILTON/JEAN HAY FR7615 (FR7615)
M
06/07/1754
685 / 1
280 / 320
EDINBURGH

Biographical Summary

Hamilton, Gavin. Ref: 680. Male.

  • Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
  • Profession: Surgeon.
  • Appointments Held: Surgeon in Calcutta, India.
  • Other Family: Perhaps a brother of Grizzel Hamilton, wife of Benjamin Bell, FRSE 1749-1806, qv (Shapin 221).
  • References: Shapin 221.
  • Date of Election: 28/01/1799.
  • Proposers: James Russell, Sir James Hall, John Playfair (Minute 03/12/1798 NLS Acc10,000/4).
  • Notes: Born 1755, died 1829.
  • Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 406

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Gavin Hamilton's Timeline

1754
July 6, 1754
Edinburgh, Scotland (Part of the United Kingdon since 1 May 1707)
July 6, 1754
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Part of the United Kingdom since 1 May 1707)
1829
1829
Age 74