William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Also known as Baron Oxmantown, Lord Oxmantown, Lord Rosse, William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse
Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)
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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. 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. From April 1807 until February 1841, he was styled as Baron Oxmantown.
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1800 births1867 deaths19th-century English astronomers19th-century Irish astronomersAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordAlumni of Trinity College DublinBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyChancellors of the University of DublinEarls of Rosse (1806 creation)English people of Irish descentHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences