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Noun Named Entity
SYL
John herschel
EN
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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IS A
EN
astronomer
Homo sapiens
ARCHIVES AT
EN
Harry Ransom Center
AWARD RECEIVED
Royal Medal
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Bakerian Lecture
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Lalande Prize
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Copley Medal
EN
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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CHILD
Alexander Stewart Herschel
William James Herschel
EN
John Herschel the Younger
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Constance Anne Herschel
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
EN
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
EN
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Nordisk Familjebok
EN
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
EDUCATED AT
Eton college
St John's College
EMPLOYER
EN
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
FATHER
EN
Herschel
FIELD OF WORK
EN
astronomy
EN
chemistry
EN
mathematics
EN
photography
GIVEN NAME
William
Frederick
john
HAS WORKS IN THE COLLECTION
EN
National Gallery of Canada
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
INFLUENCED BY
EN
Herschel
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
EN
English
MEMBER OF
EN
Royal Society
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Accademia nazionale delle scienze
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
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NOBLE TITLE
Baronet
EN
Herschel baronets
NOTABLE WORK
EN
measurement
EN
Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
OCCUPATION
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astronomer
EN
writer
EN
chemist
EN
photographer
EN
mathematician
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PLACE OF BIRTH
Slough
PLACE OF BURIAL
EN
Westminster Abbey
PLACE OF DEATH
Kent
POSITION HELD
EN
Master of the Mint
SEX OR GENDER
EN
male
STUDENT OF
EN
Herschel
WRITING LANGUAGE
EN
English
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John herschel

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