| Authorised form of name | Parkinson; Thomas (1745 - 1830) |
| Dates | 1745 - 1830 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kirkham, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 1745 |
| Place of death | Kegworth, Leicestershire |
| Date of death | 13 November 1830 |
| Occupation | Clergymam; Teacher |
| Activity | Education:
MA (1772) Bd (1789) DD (1795) Christ's College, Cambridge
Career:
Calculated tables of parallax and reflection for the Board of Longitude to earn money whilst at Cambridge; Fellow (1771-1791) and Tutor (1777-1791), Christ's Church College, Cambridge; Vicar, Meldreth (1775); Published a 'System of Mechanics' (1785); Rector, Kegworth (1789); Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1794); Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester (1804); Archdeacon of Leicester (1804)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/02/1786 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 7 p 84 |
| Code | NA5204 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1785/23 | Parkinson, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/22/116 | Letter from Arthur Hill, Architect, 22 Georges Street, Cork, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 24 October 1907 |
| MC/22 | Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1907 |