John Herschel

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871)Herschel | Sir | John Frederick William | 1792-1871 | astronomer (biography),
     NAHSTE project, University of Edinburgh,
     NAHSTE-JHerschel .
was an English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor. He was the son of astronomer Sir William Herschel and the father of 12 children.

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 Other websites 

 The Herschel Chronicle
 Photographic Process and Early Photograms
 Herschel Museum of Astronomy
 Wikisource copy of a notice from 1823 concerning the star catalogue, published in Astronomische Nachrichten

Category:1792 births
Category:1871 deaths
Category:British astronomers