William Parsons
1800 - 1867
- Born
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17 June 1800
York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Died
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31 October 1867
Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 08/12/1831
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 31
- Occupation
- Astronomer
- Relationships
- Parents: Sir Lawrence William Parson, 2nd Earl of Rosse and Alice Lloyd; succeeded his father as 3rd Earl (1841) Spouse: (m. 14 May 1836) Mary, daughter and co-heiress of John Wilmer Field of Heaton Hall, Yorkshire (died 1885) Children: Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (FRS 1898); three other sons.
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'An account of experiments on the reflecting telescope' by the Right Hon Lord Oxmantown [William Parsons]
Creator: William Parsons Reference number: PT/24/3 -
Paper, 'Observations on some of the nebulæ' by the Earl of Rosse [William Parsons]
Creator: William Parsons Reference number: PT/28/4 -
Paper, 'Observations on the nebulæ' by the Earl of Rosse [William Parsons]
Creator: William Parsons Reference number: PT/38/11 -
Paper, 'On the construction of specula of six feet aperture; and a selection of observations of nebulae made therewith' by the Earl of Rosse [William Parsons]
Creator: William Parsons Reference number: PT/62/8 -
Diagrams, speculum and polishing machine by unknown artist
Creator: William Parsons Reference number: PT/74/7/9 -
Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the reflecting telescope' by William Parsons, 'Lord of Oxmantown'
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/1/211
Referee of
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Referee's report by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, on a paper 'On the change of refrangibility of light. No. II' by George Gabriel Stokes
Creator: William Parsons Reference number: RR/2/231 -
Referee's report by William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, on a paper 'On the stability of loose earth' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Creator: William Parsons Reference number: RR/3/234
Recipient of
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Parsons (Lord Rosse), dated at 32 Harley St.
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/13/231a -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Parsons (Lord Rosse), dated at 32 Harley St.
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/141 -
Copy of extracts from letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/15/15 -
Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Harley Street, to Lord Rosse, [President of the Royal Society]
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: MC/5/158
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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