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Sir John Frederick william uer.chcI.

Sir John Frederick william UerscucI.
despatch from London announces the death,
yesterday morning, OF Sir John Herscnel, the great
astronomer. He was the only son OF the equally
ilustrious astronomer Sir Frederick William Her.
schel, and was born at Slough, near Windsor the
9TH Of March, 1902. He was consequently In his
eightieth year instead OF seventy three, gwen In
the cable despatch.
The deceased astronomer was educaeed at st.
JOINTS College, Cambridge, where he became Senior
wrang.er and Smiths Freeman IN 1913. While yet
youth he devoted himself TO the pursuits which
had made his father famous throughout the civilized
world. His reconstruction OF Lacroix's treatise
"On the Direrential Calculus undertaken
In conjunction with Peacock, contained his earliest
mathematical researches. A considerable portion
or the year 1916 was devoted by him, sometimes
the multiple stars, for which each received q gold
medal voted them by the Royal Astronomical
Society on February !, 1929. HIS observations num-
pered 10, Co., and as q result OF them, in 1923 he
presented to the Royal Society q catalogue OF $50
double and triple stars, whose positions and appa-
reut distances nad never before been liked second
catalogue was published by nim In 1927 containing
600 Of this KIND, anu during the year following
another, containing 324 more. IN 1880 ne published
In the transactions OF the Astronomical societyn
paper ia winch was recorded the exact mea-
on the or double stars
During the same year he also gave 70 the public tins
portant measurements OF ], 23o stars, which he had
gagged In this work ne was also occupied In investi
gazing numerous questions IN physics the results or
which he published III his treatise Sound,o
which appeared IN the '.Encs clop&dia Melropoli-
tana;" treatise on the Theory Of sound" .Pre-
hminary Discourse on the Study OF Natural Phlo.
sophy," both Of which were published In Lardners
encyclopaedia and his Treatise ON Astronomy
forming part OF the same series For his Catalogue
OF Nebulsen the Royal Astronomical Society IN 1885,
again voted him the gold medal. His last great
VI Good Hope February 1884, to May, 1882, where
he examined the whole southern celestial hemisphere
ia the most exact manner and unuer circumstances
the most favorable. While at the Cape he suggested
the Idea, which Is now being adopted 10y nearly all
the great nations, OF making exact meteorological
different places. Hls expedition TO the cape was
undertaken at his own expense, he declining To
accept the indemnity afterwards offered by the
British government On his return TO England
honors were showered upon MIN by the arisro.
cracy and other educated classes OF the country.
members OF the Royal Society Tor the ofilce
Of PRESIDENT made vacant by the rcsgna-
ton OF the Duke OF Sussex-an honor, however,
which he did not seek. He was made a
Daronet In 1888; q ID. q. L. OF oxford In 1899;
and IN 1912 was elected Lord Rector Of Marischal
Royal society, his colleagues voted him testimO-
MAI for MS work on the Southern Hemisphere. he
pub istel bis valuable manual entitled Outlines Of
Astronomy N 1850, and In I56, bs contributions to
the Qtlayte,iy ana EdVatnrg heoiers. Ia December
1885, the astronomer was appointed Master OF the
Mint, but he resigned that Office IN isS5 during
nlch latter year he Nss elected one OF the egas
Of A. Gauss. sll yoh1 Herscfel VS. distinguished
and The iSeray r. dsp8ssonp a. by Is geniSs
AID his high selentldc attachments.