# William Hamilton

> William Hamilton FRSE was a Scottish physician and botanist. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.

*Scottish surgeon and man-midwife (1758-1790)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1758-07-31
- **Died:** 1790-03-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Hamilton FRSE was a Scottish physician and botanist. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 28.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 39.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Hamilton (physician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_(physician))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18531358)

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