The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-12
FIRST EDITION
OBITUARY.

Str John r. w. Herschcl.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel Bart, the
only son of the great astronomer Sir Frederick
William Herschel, and himself an astronomer OF
celebrity, died this morning in London. He was
born March Z, 1892, at Slough, near Windsor, and
was educated at st. Johns College, Cambridge
where he became senior wrangler and Smiths
prizeman in 1913. He devoted himself to
the same pursuits as his father
and his earliest mathematical researches are con-
tained in his reconstruction OF Lacroxs treatise
"On The Dlfferential Calculus" undertaken ia con-
nection with Dean Peacock. Sometimes atone and
sometimes In connection with South, he devoted
considerable portion Of the year to observations
on the multiple stars, for which the Royal Astrono-
nomical Society voted to each of them their gold
medal on February T. 1926. AS the first result OF
their observations, which were ten thousand
in number he presented to the Royal Society in Lon
doh in 1928 catalogue of three hundred and eighty
double and triple stars, whose positions and appa-
rent dis tances had never until then been hxed In
1877 he published second catalogue of two hun
dred and ninetyive stars Of this kind; and in 1925
another, In which three hundred and twenty-fou
more were set down. In 1880 he published important
measurements OF twelve hundred and thirty-sx
stars which he had made with his twenty foot
rejecting telescope; contributed to the "Tfansac-
tions OF the Astronomical Society" a paper which
contained the exact measurements OF three hun
dred and sixty-four stars, and great number OF
observations on the measurements OF double stars.
At the same time he was occupied with the investi-
CATION OF number Of questions in physics, the re-
suits OF which appeared in his 'Treatlse on Sound"
in the Encyclopedia Metropolitana :" a "TreatAse
on the Theory Of Light" preliminary
Discourse in the Study of Natural
Philosophy in Lardners "Cyclopeda:" :"
in his Ireatise on Astronomy, forming part of the
same series, and in great number of memoirs,
many OF which relate to photography published In
the transactions OF the Royal Society" and else
where. The Astronomical Society again voted him
their gold medal for his Catalogue OF Nebula"
January 8, 1885, He spent TOUR years at the Cape OF
Good Hope in 1S34-S, where he examined, under cir
cumstances the most favorable, the whole Southern
celestial hemisphere, and suggested the idea of
making exact meteorological observations on given
days, and simultaneously at different pieces. The
expedition to the Cape undertaken at his own
expense. The interest which felt in Herschel's
expedition by the educated classes outside OF the
circle OF astronomers manifested in the honors
showered upon him on his return.
considerable number of the members OF the
Royal Society offered their suffrages for his election
to the presidency of that body, vacant by the resig
nation of the Duke of Sussex-an honor, however,
which he did not seek. In 1888 he
was created baronet; in 1889 an
honorary D. c. L. Of oxford; and in 1912 was
elected Lord Rector Of Marlschal College, Aberdeen
In 1s4s the Astronomical Society voted him testl-
monial for his work the Southern Hemisphere
during which year he filled the Office OF President
In 1850 he published his "Outlines of Astronomy,
valuable manual, and in December OF that year he
was appointed Master of the Mint, which post he
resigned in February 1856.