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Irish prodigy ignored and misrepresented

ROWAN Hamilton was one of the world’s most brilliant mathematicians and the greatest scientist this country has produced.

Irish prodigy ignored and misrepresented

Wed, 24 Aug, 2005 - 01:00

He was also a child prodigy, poet, philosopher, astronomer and visionary.

He was made a professor in TCD when he was still an undergraduate, and, at 22 years of age, was made astronomer royal.

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