Editing William Rowan Hamilton (section)

==Honours and awards==
Hamilton was twice awarded the [[Cunningham Medal]] of the [[Royal Irish Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ria.ie/news-%281%29/cunningham-medal-awarded-to-professor-john-v--mcca.aspx?lang=ga-IE|title= Cunningham Medal Awarded to Professor John V. McCanny, MRIA|publisher= Royal Irish Academy|access-date= 31 October 2014|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141031140124/http://www.ria.ie/news-%281%29/cunningham-medal-awarded-to-professor-john-v--mcca.aspx?lang=ga-IE|archive-date= 31 October 2014|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The first award, in 1834, was for his work on conical refraction, for which he also received the [[Royal Medal]] of the Royal Society the following year.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Hamilton/Eloge/Eloge.html| title = Memorial Address: Sir William Rowan Hamilton| publisher = Trinity College Dublin| access-date = 31 October 2014| archive-date = 18 February 1999| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19990218064215/http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Hamilton/Eloge/Eloge.html| url-status = live}}</ref> He was to win it again in 1848.

In 1835, being secretary to the meeting of the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science|British Association]] which was held that year in Dublin, Hamilton was [[knight]]ed by the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland|lord-lieutenant]]. Other honours rapidly succeeded, among which his election in 1837 to the president's chair in the [[Royal Irish Academy]], and the rare distinction of being made a corresponding member of the [[Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences]]. Later, in 1864, the newly established [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] elected its first Foreign Associates, and decided to put Hamilton's name on top of their list.<ref>Graves (1889) Vol. III, pp. 204–206.</ref>