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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.
Jun 20, 2024 · Completed in 1845 by Lady Mary’s husband William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (later President of the Royal Society from 1848 to 1854), and located at the Parsons family seat of Birr Castle in Ireland, the huge telescope was known as the ‘Leviathan of Parsonstown’. The tube measured 54 feet (16.5m) in length, and was a good choice to ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Charles Algernon Parsons (1854 - 1931) was born in London, the youngest child of William Parsons, the 3rd Earl of Ross. Like his remarkable father, who built the Le…
Jun 15, 2024 · At Birr Castle, Co Offaly, credit for the Leviathan, which was the largest telescope in the world when it was built in 1845, tends to go to William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse, but...
Jun 19, 2024 · This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s.
6 days ago · Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse, who died 31 years ago this week, was mother to photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who wooed Princess Margaret.
Jun 28, 2024 · Firstly, by the O’Carroll family and then, over the past 400 years, the multi-talented Parsons - the earls and countesses of Rosse. The seventh generation of this family lives here today.
