Talk:William Parsons (poet)

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Smeatonian?

Parsons is apparently the William Parsons who joined the Smeatonian Society in 1805, and died in 1828. See [1]. The Royal Society database has a little more material on him (verging on original research, surely). Charles Matthews (talk) 09:09, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]