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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse KP FRS (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an English engineer and astronomer. He built several giant telescopes. He built several giant telescopes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His 72-inch telescope, built in 1845 and colloquially known as the " Leviathan of Parsonstown ", was the world's largest telescope, in terms of aperture size, until the early 20th century. [ 3 ]
Jun 13, 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. He resigned his seat in 1834 but in 1841 ...
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Jan 31, 2022 · Name in native language. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. Date of birth. 17 June 1800. York ( Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Date of death. 31 October 1867. Birr Castle. Country of citizenship.
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867) of Birr Castle, Ireland; succeeded to the earldom on his father's death in February 1841; His largest and most expensive telescope project, the construction of a Newtonian reflector with a 6 ft aperture and a 4 ton mirror, known as ‘the monster telescope’ or ‘Leviathan of Parsonstown’, was completed in 1844 at a cost of £12,000.
About. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse PRS, had a rich and illustrious career, but he is perhaps best known for his contributions to astronomy. Educated at Trinity College Dublin and Madgalene College, Oxford, where he graduated with first class honours in Mathematics in 1822. He lived in his family’s estate at Birr Castle, Parsonstown ...
Apr 25, 2015 · In March and April 1845 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, together with his collaborators, made the greatest scientific discovery in the history of Ireland. He discerned the spiral structure of ...
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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.
