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Born in the Electorate of Hanover, William Herschel followed his father into the military band of Hanover, before emigrating to Britain in 1757 at the age of nineteen. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars.
He was born in Slough in Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire), the third child (of twelve) and the eldest son (of three) of the astronomer, John Herschel. His younger brothers were Alexander and John. On 19 May 1864 he married (Anne) Emma Haldane, youngest daughter of Alfred Hardcastle of Hatcham House, Surrey.
Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the son of Mary Baldwin and astronomer Sir William Herschel. He was the nephew of astronomer Caroline Herschel. He studied shortly at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating as Senior Wrangler in 1813. [8]
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
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Caroline Herschel: United Kingdom: 1750: 1848 John Herschel: United Kingdom: 1792: 1871 William Herschel: United Kingdom/Germany: 1738: 1822 Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781. Ejnar Hertzsprung: Denmark: 1873: 1967: He developed a classification system for stars to divide them by spectral type, stage in their development, and luminosity, the ...
Herschel is a lunar impact crater located just to the north of the walled plain Ptolemaeus. Its diameter is 39 km. Its diameter is 39 km. It was named after German-born British astronomer William Herschel .