Robert William Hamilton, FBA (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1995) was a British archaeologist and academic.
His paternal great-grandfather was Sir William Hamilton who was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh.
[2] In 1929, Hamilton was involved in the joint Yale University and British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem excavation of Jerash in Jordan, and that of Tel Megiddo in Palestine.
His duties included processing the pottery and classical inscriptions found at the site, and supervising the Arabic speaking labourers.
[1] His main duty was to find a permanent base for the School in Iraq; he successfully acquired a house in the centre of Baghdad.
[2] He did not enjoy lecturing, and he applied and was accepted for the post of keeper of Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum in 1956.
[3] He was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, his alma mater, from 1959 to 1972, and additionally Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum from 1962 to 1972.