William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ( 1800 - 1867 )

Birth: York, Yorkshire, England (17 June 1800) Death: Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland (31 October 1867) Burial: The old church of St Brendan, Parsonstown, County Offaly, Ireland Research Field: Mathematics, astronomy Education: At home (until 1818); Trinity College, Dublin; Magdalen College, Oxford.