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Categories: Spectroscopists, English Christians, English people of German descent, Royal Medal winners, Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
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Herschel  John Herschel  Sir John Herschel  Sir John Frederick William Herschel  John Frederick William Herschel
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English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871) WordNet 3.0
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English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871) WordNet 3.0
English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the Southern Hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871) Open English WordNet
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical work. Wikipedia
English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer Wikidata
IS A
astronomer
homo
ARCHIVES AT
Harry Ransom Center
AWARD RECEIVED
Royal Medal
Bakerian Lecture
Lalande Prize
Copley Medal
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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CHILD
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet
John Herschel the Younger
Constance Anne Herschel
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Nordisk familjebok
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
EDUCATED AT
Eton College
St John's College, Cambridge
EMPLOYER
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
FATHER
Herschel
FIELD OF WORK
astronomy
chemistry
mathematics
photography
GIVEN NAME
William
Frederick
John
HAS WORKS IN THE COLLECTION
National Gallery of Canada
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
INFLUENCED BY
Herschel
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
Royal Society
Accademia nazionale delle scienze
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
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NOBLE TITLE
baronet
Herschel baronets
NOTABLE WORK
measurement
Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
OCCUPATION
astronomer
writer
chemist
photographer
mathematician
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PLACE OF BIRTH
Slough
PLACE OF BURIAL
Westminster Abbey
PLACE OF DEATH
Kent
POSITION HELD
Master of the Mint
SEX OR GENDER
male
STUDENT OF
Herschel
WRITING LANGUAGE
English
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Wikipedia
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John Herschel
Wikidata
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John Frederick William Herschel
Wikipedia Redirections
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Herschel, John, J. F. W. Herschel, John F. Herschel, John F. W. Herschel, John F.W. Herschel, John Frederick William Herschel, John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet, John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH, FRS, John Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, John Herschell, Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet, Sir John Herschel, 1st Bt
Wikidata Alias
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Dzhon Frederik Uilʹi︠a︡m Gershelʹ, J. F. W. Herschel, John F. W. Herschel, John Frederick Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Zhon Gershelʹ

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