William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Parsons,_3rd_Earl_of_Rosse
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:peer
gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:birthDate 1800-06-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:York,_England
gptkbp:built gptkb:Leviathan_of_Parsonstown
gptkbp:child gptkb:Lawrence_Parsons,_4th_Earl_of_Rosse
gptkbp:deathDate 1867-10-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Birr_Castle,_County_Offaly,_Ireland
gptkbp:father gptkb:Lawrence_Parsons,_2nd_Earl_of_Rosse
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
engineering
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Leviathan_of_Parsonstown
discoveries of spiral structure in galaxies
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Alice_Lloyd
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Leviathan_of_Parsonstown
observations of nebulae
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
astronomer
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Birr_Castle
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Birr,_County_Offaly,_Ireland
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Rosse
gptkbp:termEnd 1854
gptkbp:termStart 1848
gptkbp:title gptkb:3rd_Earl_of_Rosse
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Birr,_County_Offaly,_Ireland
gptkb:Charles_Parsons
gptkb:Earl_of_Rosse
gptkb:Lawrence_Parsons,_2nd_Earl_of_Rosse
gptkb:Leviathan_of_Parsonstown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5