He died in a tragic duel with his political rival, Aaron Burr. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1757, in Nevis, British West Indies. His father, James Hamilton, was a Scottish trader.

Alexander Hamilton. While he's not the most obvious subject of a hip-hop musical, Hamilton's life story captured the imagination of Miranda after he read Ron Chernow's 2004 biography of the ...

Ron Chernow, who wrote the bestselling biography of Alexander Hamilton that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical “Hamilton,” has now trained his scholarly eye on Hartford legend ...