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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

1800 - 1867

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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an Irish astronomer, naturalist, and engineer. He was president of the Royal Society (UK), the most important association of naturalists in the world in the nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse has received more than 178,843 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse is the 124th most popular astronomer (down from 117th in 2019), the 1,188th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,065th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ranks 124 out of 531. Before him are Adelard of Bath, Tom Gehrels, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Ali Qushji, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, and Hermann Goldschmidt. After him are Maslama al-Majriti, Nikolai Chernykh, Johann Daniel Titius, John Russell Hind, Robert Luther, and Annibale de Gasparis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ranks 17. Before him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, John Brown, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Lars Levi Laestadius, and Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg. After him are Jacques Paul Migne, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, and Thomas Babington Macaulay. Among people deceased in 1867, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ranks 18. Before him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Elias Howe, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Victor Cousin, and Peter von Cornelius. After him are Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Giovanni Pacini, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, and Takasugi Shinsaku.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ranks 1,188 out of 7,765. Before him are Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Charles Bell (1774), Joan of Kent (1328), Greer Garson (1904), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), and Nicko McBrain (1952). After him are Dave Murray (1956), James Jeans (1877), Hudson Taylor (1832), Fraser Stoddart (1942), Don Airey (1948), and Michael Moorcock (1939).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ranks 18. Before him are William Huggins (1824), Mary Somerville (1780), George Biddell Airy (1801), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), and Adelard of Bath (1075). After him are John Russell Hind (1823), Williamina Fleming (1857), N. R. Pogson (1829), Margaret Burbidge (1919), John Bevis (1695), and Francis Baily (1774).

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