Thomas Parkinson ( 1745 - 1830 )

Birth: Kirkham, Lancashire, England (1745) Death: Kegworth, Leicestershire (13 November 1830) Education: MA (1772) Bd (1789) DD (1795) Christ's College, Cambridge Career: Calculated tables of parallax and reflection for the Board of Longitude to earn money whilst at Cambridge; Fellow (1771-1791) and Tutor (1777-1791), Christ's Church College, Cambridge; Vicar, Meldreth (1775); Published a 'System of Mechanics' (1785); Rector, Kegworth (1789); Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1794); Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester (1804); Archdeacon of Leicester (1804) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 23/02/1786.