biography
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Hamilton, Sir William
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1730–1803)
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| biography:
| Diplomat and archaeologist, born in Scotland, UK. He served in the army (1747–58), and married a Welsh heiress, inheriting her estate when she died (1782). He married Emily Lyon (Emma, Lady Hamilton) in 1791. He was ambassador at Naples (1764–1800), and while there contributed to the excavation of Pompeii, made observations of Vesuvius and Etna, published essays on volcanoes (1782), sold collections of Greek vases and antiquities to the British Museum, and wrote on Greek and Roman antiquities. He was knighted in 1772. |
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