| LC control no. | no 90024788 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Macclesfield, George Parker, Earl of, approximately 1697-1764 |
| Variant(s) | Parker, George, Earl of Macclesfield, 1697-1764 |
| Located | England Oxfordshire (England) |
| Birth date | 1697 |
| Death date | 17640317 |
| Field of activity | Astronomy |
| Profession or occupation | Astronomers |
| Found in | His Remarks upon the solar and the lunar years, the cycle of 19 years ... being part of a letter from the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield to Martin Folkes Esq., 1751. DNB (Parker, George, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, 1697-1764) James Burrow letter to the Earl of Macclesfield, 1755 (Earl of Macclesfield) Burke's peerage, baronetage & knightage, 2003: page 2456 (George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield; born circa 1697, son of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, and Janet Carrier; educated at Eton College, Clare College at Cambridge University, and graduated from Oxford University with a Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.); succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, on 21 February 1747; died 17 March 1764) Wikipedia, August 1, 2014: George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (George Parker; distinguished astronomer; prominent in effecting change to Gregorian calendar, 1752; teller of the Exchequer, 1719-1763; Member of Parliament for Wallingford, 1722-1727; Royal Society, fellow, 1722- , president, 1752-1764) |
| Associated language | eng |
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