John F. W. Herschel

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_F._W._Herschel
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:birthDate 1792-03-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Slough,_Buckinghamshire,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Alexander_Stewart_Herschel
gptkbp:deathDate 1871-05-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Collingwood,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:discoveredBy several nebulae and star clusters
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Herschel_Space_Observatory
gptkb:Herschel_crater_(Mars)
gptkb:Herschel_crater_(Moon)
gptkb:Herschelian_telescope
gptkb:Herschel_graph
gptkbp:father gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
chemistry
photography
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Frederick_William_Herschel
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
Knighted in 1831
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:George_Gabriel_Stokes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:knownFor coining the terms 'photography', 'negative', and 'positive'
invention of the cyanotype process
contributions to photography
cataloguing stars, nebulae, and other celestial bodies
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_Baldwin_Herschel
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:chemist
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:photographer
gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:A_Preliminary_Discourse_on_the_Study_of_Natural_Philosophy
gptkb:Outlines_of_Astronomy
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature John F. W. Herschel signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Brodie_Stewart
gptkbp:surveyedBy gptkb:Southern_skies_(Cape_of_Good_Hope,_1834–1838)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:President_of_the_American_Statistical_Association
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John F. W. Herschel