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John Frederick William Herschel

Sir John Frederick William Herschel was an English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, and experimental photographer, who also did valuable botanical work. He was the son of Mary Baldwin and astronomer William Herschel, nephew of astronomer Caroline Herschel and the father of twelve children.

Herschel originated the use of the Julian day system in astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus. He made many contributions to the science of photography, and investigated colour blindness and the chemical power of ultraviolet rays.

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Born 7 March 1792
Died 11 May 1871

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  • Cover of: Sensorial vision: a paper read by Sir J.F.W. Herschel, bart. ... before the Philosophical and literary society of Leeds, 30th September, 1858.

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  • Cover of: Treatises on physical astronomy, light and sound contributed to the Encyclopaedia metropolitana.

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  • Cover of: Account of a series of observations, made in the summer of the year 1825, for the purpose of determining the difference of the Meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris drown up by J. F. W. Herschel

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Born 7 March 1792
Died 11 May 1871

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Astronomy, Science, Astronomie, Meteorology, Astronomers, History, Scientific expeditions, Telescopes, Correspondence, Difference equations, Double stars, Handbooks, Handbooks, manuals, Hyposulfites, Observations, Optics, Philosophy, Physical geography, Physics, Stars, Sulfur compounds, Analysis, Archives, Astronomical instruments, Atoms

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Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

People

John F. W. Herschel Sir (1792-1871), David Stanley Evans

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19th century

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Alternative names

  • Herschel, John F. W. Sir
  • J. F. W. Herschel
  • Herschel, J. F. W. Sir
  • Herschel, John Sir
  • Herschel, John F. W Sir
  • Herschel, John Frederick William Sir

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September 1, 2020 Edited by Charles Horn add ISNI
March 29, 2020 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari merge authors
May 15, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
October 27, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Internet Archive item record