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Sydney Margaret Hamilton

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Sydney Margaret Hamilton

Birth
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death
3 Mar 1889 (aged 78–79)
Auckland, New Zealand
Burial
Avondale, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand Add to Map
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Here lies the body of
Sydney Margaret Hamilton
Last surviving sister of Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Royal astronomer of Ireland, and discoverer of the calculus of quaternions.
Born in Dublin she fell asleep in Christ in Auckland, New Zealand.
3 March 1889 aged 78.


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