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William Parsons, 3. Earl of Rosse, KP war ein irischer Astronom. In himmelskundlichen Publikationen wird sein Name oft als Lord Rosse abgekürzt. Er wurde insbesondere durch seine Riesenteleskope aus Metallspiegeln bekannt, mit denen er in den 1840er-Jahren erstmals die Struktur von Spiralnebeln erforschen konnte. William Parsons, 3 ...
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse KP FRS HonFRSE (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an Irish astronomer, naturalist, and engineer. He was president of the Royal Society (UK), the most important association of naturalists in the world in the nineteenth century. He built several giant telescopes.
William Parsons, 3. Earl of Rosse, KP (* 17. Juni 1800 in York; † 31. Oktober 1867 in Birr Castle) war ein irischer Astronom. In himmelskundlichen Publikationen wird sein Name oft als Lord Rosse abgekürzt.
4. Apr. 2024 · William Parsons, 3rd earl of Rosse (born June 17, 1800, York, England—died October 31, 1867, Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish astronomer and builder of the largest reflecting telescope, the “ Leviathan,” of the 19th century. In 1821 Parsons was elected to the House of Commons.
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Parsons, William (1800–67), astronomer and 3rd earl of Rosse , was born 17 June 1800 at York, England, eldest among three sons and two daughters of Sir Lawrence Parsons (1758–1841) of Parsonstown (Birr), King's Co. (Offaly), and Alice Parsons (née Lloyd), daughter of a neighbouring landowner.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18mvm6r.14. This chapter will examine the political career and public life of William Parsons, the 3rd Earl of Rosse, in the years between his first election as an MP for King’s County (present-day Offaly) in 1821 and his death in October 1867.
William Parsons, subsequently to become third Earl of Rosse, came of a family which first crossed to Ireland from Leicestershire. towards the end of the Elizabethan era, at almost exactly the time of the foundation of this College. His paternal ancestors had subse.
