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A Short Biography of John Frederick William Herschel

Author Name:

John Frederick William Herschel

Born As:

John Frederick William Herschel

Other Names:

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH, FRS.

Born:

7 Mar 1792

Died:

11 May 1871




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Astronomer,  chemist, experimental photographer/inventor and mathematician                          
Selected works:

On the Aberration of Compound Lenses and Object-Glasses - 1821
A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy, part of Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet cyclopædia - 1831
Outlines of Astronomy - 1849
General Catalogue of 10,300 Multiple and Double Stars - 
published posthumously
Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects;
General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters;
Manual of Scientific Inquiry - 1849
Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects - 1867.                          
Wife Margaret Brodie Stewart, twelve children:

Caroline Emilia Mary
Isabella
Sir William James Herschel
Margaret Louisa
Alexander Stewart
Colonel John
Maria Sophie
Amelia 
Julia Mary
Matilda Rose
Francisca 
Constance Ann.                          
Originated the use of the Julian day system in astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus. He made many contributions to the science of photography, and investigated colour blindness and the chemical power of ultraviolet rays.