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Frederick William Herschel[2][3] KH, FRS (/ ˈhɜːrʃəl / HUR-shəl; [4] German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British [5] astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel.
Margaret Eliza Emma Herschel (1865–1880) She had a brain tumor early on. Emma Dorothea Herschel (1867–1954) Reverend Sir John Charles William Herschel, 3rd Baronet (1869–1950) Arthur Edward Hardcastle Herschel (1873–1924) He lived at Warfield in Berkshire and at Littlemore in Oxfordshire. [8] Upon his death the baronetcy passed to his son.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born in the town of Hanover Germany on 16 March 1750. She was the eighth child and fourth daughter of Isaak Herschel (1707–1767), a self-taught oboist, and his wife, Anna Ilse Moritzen (1710–1789). The Herschel family originated from Pirna in Saxony, near Dresden.
botany. philosophy of science. Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS (/ ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛər -/; [2] 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) [1] was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint [3][4][5] and did botanical work.
William Herschel 's 40-foot telescope, also known as the Great Forty-Foot telescope, was a reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. It used a 48-inch (120 cm) diameter primary mirror with a 40-foot-long (12 m) focal length (hence its name "Forty-Foot"). It was the largest telescope in the ...
John Michell (/ ˈmɪtʃəl /; 25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide range of scientific fields including astronomy, geology, optics, and gravitation. Considered "one of the greatest unsung scientists of all time", [1] he is the first person known to ...
William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus. Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William Herschel. John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel. Alexander Stewart Herschel (1836–1907), astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel.
The number of nebulae was then greatly increased by the efforts of William Herschel and his sister, Caroline Herschel. Their Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars [16] was published in 1786. A second catalog of a thousand was published in 1789, and the third and final catalog of 510 appeared in 1802.