John Frederick William Herschel

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Frederick_William_Herschel

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:chemist gptkb:mathematician gptkb:person gptkb:photographer gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Knight_Bachelor gptkb:Royal_Medal
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	gptkb:NGC_104 gptkb:NGC_1261 gptkb:NGC_1850 gptkb:NGC_2070 gptkb:NGC_2808 gptkb:NGC_3201 gptkb:NGC_3242 gptkb:NGC_3607 gptkb:NGC_3608 gptkb:NGC_362 gptkb:NGC_3628 gptkb:NGC_3918 gptkb:NGC_4372 gptkb:NGC_4833 gptkb:NGC_5927 gptkb:NGC_5986 gptkb:NGC_6541 gptkb:NGC_6752 gptkb:NGC_6809 gptkb:NGC_1851 gptkb:NGC_2298 gptkb:NGC_288 gptkb:NGC_5139 gptkb:NGC_602 gptkb:NGC_6093 gptkb:NGC_6101 gptkb:NGC_6584 gptkb:NGC_7492
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Herschel_Medal gptkb:Herschel_Space_Observatory gptkb:Herschel_crater_(Mars) gptkb:Herschel_crater_(Moon)
gptkbp:father	gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Herschelian_telescope coining the terms 'photography', 'negative', and 'positive' cataloguing southern hemisphere stars contributions to photography discovering several moons of Saturn and Uranus
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:mother	gptkb:Mary_Baldwin
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:A_Preliminary_Discourse_on_the_Study_of_Natural_Philosophy gptkb:Outlines_of_Astronomy gptkb:Results_of_Astronomical_Observations_made_during_the_years_1834–8_at_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope
gptkbp:signature	John Frederick William Herschel signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Margaret_Brodie_Stewart
gptkbp:title	Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Frederick William Herschel