Sir Frederick William Herschel

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Composer
gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:birth_date 1738-11-15
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:child gptkb:John_Frederick_William_Herschel
gptkb:Caroline_Herschel
Herschel's family
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:spectroscopy
astrophysics
celestial mechanics
stellar classification
planetary science
gptkbp:death_date 1822-08-25
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Uranus
gptkb:infrared_radiation
gptkbp:field_of_study gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Frederick William Herschel
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:double_stars
star clusters
nebulae
gptkbp:known_for telescope improvements
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Herschel_Space_Observatory
Herschel crater on the Moon
Herschel's telescope design
Herschel's influence on public understanding of science
Herschel's influence on the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel's contributions to music
Herschel's influence on future astronomers
Herschel's influence on music theory
Herschel's influence on scientific instrumentation
Herschel's influence on the field of optics
Herschel's influence on the study of color
Herschel's influence on the study of heat
Herschel's influence on the study of light
Herschel's law of planetary motion
gptkbp:member gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:served_as Royal Astronomer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Baldwin
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wollaston_Medal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5