Parsons, William, 1800-1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer)
Dates
- Existence: 1800 - 1867
Biography
William Parsons (1800-67), 3rd Earl of Rosse, was born on 17 June 1800 in York. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1819, and transferred to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he matriculated in February 1821. From 1821 until 1834 he was member of parliament for King's county and was made lord lieutenant of the county in 1831 and colonel of its militia in 1836. He constructed a Newtonian reflector with a 6 ft aperture and a 4 ton mirror known as 'the monster telescope' or 'Leviathan of Parsonstown' and was completed in 1844. In 1845 Rosse was elected an Irish representative peer and sat in the House of Lords in the Conservative interest. Rosse died on 31 October 1867.
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1863 - 1865
Miscellaneous astronomical papers, 1874 - 1875
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1834 - 1912
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1828 - 1847
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1849 - 1850
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, J.C. Adams, D.F.J. Arago, J.B. Biot, P.H.L. von Boguslowski, J. Challis, W. Cubitt, A. d'Abbadie, J.D. Forbes, J.S. Henslow, J.F.W. Herschel, M.J. Johnson, W. Lassell, U.J.J. Le Verrier, W.H. Miller, J.P. Nichol, G.A.A. Plana, J.C. Ross, the Earl of Rosse, H.C. Schumacher, G.G. Stokes, W.H. Smyth, C.P. Smyth, R. Sheepshanks, F.E.W.V. Struve and W. Whewell.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1850
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1851
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1852
Airy's miscellaneous correspondence with, among others, D.F.J. Arago, F. Beaufort, J. Challis, E.J. Cooper, W.R. Dawes, A. de Morgan, W. Denison, J.F. Encke, J.D. Forbes, R. Grant, J.F.W. Herschel, the Earl of Rosse, E. Sabine, A. Sedgwick, R. Sheepshanks, W.H. Smyth, R. Stephenson, W.S. Stratford, F.E.W.V. Struve, W. Whewell and Lord Wrottesley.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1856 - 1863
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1862 - 1869
Miscellaneous papers relating to division of circles, 1821
Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1861 - 1866
Papers on compass corrections on iron ships, 1857 - 1861
Papers on compass corrections on iron ships, 1861 - 1868
Papers on Neptune and the minor planets, 1834 - 1884
Papers on Royal Astronomical Society, 1835 - 1848
Papers on Royal Astronomical Society, 1849
Papers on Royal Astronomical Society, 1853 - 1854
Papers on the British Association, 1847 - 1852
Papers on the Paris Exhibition, 1854 - 1857
'The Scientific Papers of William Parsons Third Earl of Rosse 1800-1867', 1926
Collected and republished by the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons. Printed by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd, London.
Transactions with the Royal Society, 1845 - 1848
Papers relating to transactions with the Royal Society, including correspondence with its members. The material includes reports on several papers; a copy of the list of candidates for election into the Royal Society, 1848; papers from the 'Journal of the Belles Lettres'; a copy of Chapter I of the Amended Statutes of the Royal Society; and a printed booklet titled 'A Letter addressed to the Earl of Rosse, President-Elect of the Royal Society, by Marshall Hall'.
Transactions with the Royal Society, 1849 - 1850
Transactions with the Royal Society, 1851 - 1852
Transactions with the Royal Society, 1855 - 1859
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