Education
University of Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh.
He was Professor of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh from 1709 to 1732 and also Principal of the University from 1730 to 1732. He began in 1694 as a minister at Cramond. The elder Hamilton was an influential figure in the growth of “early moderatism”, and several of his students, including Wishart, were prominent Rankenians.
His father was Gavin Hamilton of Airdrie.
Robert Hamilton, the economist, was a grandson. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, the philosopher, was a great-grandson, son and grandson of anatomy professors at Glasgow.