Sir John Frederick Charles Herschel

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_John_Frederick_Charles_Herschel
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
gptkb:photographer
astronomer
chemist
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
gptkb:Julia_Herschel
gptkbp:deathDate 1871-05-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Collingwood,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:father gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
chemistry
photography
gptkbp:hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir John Frederick Charles Herschel
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:George_Gabriel_Stokes
gptkb:William_Henry_Fox_Talbot
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Herschel_wedge
cataloguing stars, nebulae, and clusters
coining the terms 'photography', 'negative', and 'positive'
contributions to photography
cyanotype process
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_Baldwin
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_General_Catalogue_of_Nebulae_and_Clusters
gptkb:Preliminary_Discourse_on_the_Study_of_Natural_Philosophy
gptkb:Outlines_of_Astronomy
gptkbp:portrait John Herschel by Julia Margaret Cameron.jpg
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cape_Town,_South_Africa
gptkb:Slough,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature John Herschel signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Brodie_Stewart
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herschel_baronetcy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5