Laurence Parsons, 4th earl of Rosse
1840–1908
Astronomer and engineer. Son of William Parsons, third earl of Rosse. Graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, 1864. Succeeded to the title and estates in 1867. High sheriff of King’s county, Ireland, 1867; representative peer for Ireland, 1868. Worked in particular on the radiant heat of the moon. FRS 1867.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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