Thomas Parkinson (1744 or 1745 – 13 November 1830) was an English clergyman. He was born in Kirkham, Lancashire. He entered Christ's College,

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in 1764 at age 19 and was

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and 2nd Smith's prizeman in 1769. He received an M.A. in 1772, a B.D. in 1789, and a D.D. in 1795. He was Rector of

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, Leicestershire, from 1789 until his death. He became Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1794 to 1812 and

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from 1812 until his death in 1830. He was the author of ''A System of Mechanics and Hydrostatics'' and was elected a

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in 1786. He died in Kegworth in 1830.

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