NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871 NRA: Herschel Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) 1st Baronet astronomer DNB: Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, first baronet (1792-1871), mathematician and astronomer LBT ID: JoHersc1871 VIAF ID: 9887999 LOC ID: n50036903 | B/BAP: 1792-03-07 DIED: 1871-05-11 |
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English astronomer, the son of William Herschel; he was secretary to the Royal Society
(1827-30). | |