caption death_date death_place children birth_place parents birth_date spouse image article_title education name occupation
watton-at-stone church where rawson worked with edward bickersteth 19 july 1883 cambridge eight staveley , derbyshire thomas and sarah -lrb- nee fletcher -rrb- 28 september 1810 two watton-at-stone church and graveyard.jpg thomas rawson birks
 trinity college , cambridge thomas rawson birks theologian and controversialist
thomas rawson birks

thomas rawson birks -lrb- 28 september 1810 -- 19 july 1883 -rrb- was an english theologian and controversialist , who figured in the debate to try to resolve theology and science .
he rose to be knightbridge professor of moral philosophy at the university of cambridge .
his discussions led to much controversy : in one book he proposed that stars can not have planets as this would reduce the importance of christ 's appearance on this planet .
