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Charles Algernon Parsons

1854 - 1931

Born

13 June 1854

Connaught Place, Hyde Park, London, England

Died

11/02/1931

On board the 'Duchess of Richmond' at Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
09/06/1898
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
44
Fields of Interest
Engineering
Occupation
Engineer
Relationships
Parents: William Parsons, third earl of Rosse (1800–1867) (FRS 1831), and Mary Parsons, countess of Rosse (1813–1885), photographer, elder daughter of John Wilmer Field, of Heaton Hall, Yorkshire. Siblings: Laurence Parsons (FRS 1867), fourth Earl of Rosse. Spouse: Katherine Bethell (d. 1933), the daughter of William Froggatt Bethell of Rise Park, East Riding of Yorkshire (1883). Children: Rachel Mary Parsons (1885–1956); Algernon George Parsons (1886–1918), killed in action during World War I.