# William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

> William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, 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.

*Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1800-06-17
- **Died:** 1867-10-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [ウィリアム・パーソンズ (第3代ロス伯爵)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA_(%E7%AC%AC3%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5))
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- [Vilyam Parsons (lord Ross)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilyam_Parsons_(lord_Ross))
- [Уільям Парсанс (лорд Рос)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81))
- [William Parsons Rosse](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons_Rosse)
- [William Parsons](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [William Parsons](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [William Parsons, 3. Earl of Rosse](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons%2C_3._Earl_of_Rosse)
- [William Parsons (Lord Ross)](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons_(Lord_Ross))
- [William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Rosse)
- [William Parsons](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [William Parsons](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [William Parsons](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [ویلیام بارسونز](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2)
- [Lordi Rosse](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordi_Rosse)
- [William Parsons](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [William Parsons](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [ויליאם פרסונס, רוזן רוס השלישי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%2C_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%96%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99)
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- [William Parsons Rosse](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons_Rosse)
- [William Parsons](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Rosse)
- [William Parsons](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parsons)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310121)

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