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WILLIAM PARSONS

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William Parsons, the third earl of Rosse, was an English astronomer. He was born in 1800 at York and died in 1867. He was member of parliament for King's County, Ireland from 1823 to 1834, but resigned to devote time to improving reflecting telescopes. His great telescope was erected at Parsonstown in King's County in 1845.
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