English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (*1792 – †1871)

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Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Stipple engraving by D. J. Pound, 1862, after J. Mayall.

Sir John Herschel. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Stipple engraving.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Wood engraving, 1871.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Stipple engraving by G. Gabrielli, 1875, after himself.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1835, after H. W. Pickersgill.

Sir John Herschel. Photograph by Maull & Co.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Line engraving by F. Croll after J. Mayall.

Sir John Herschel: wearing a cap and cape. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Wood engraving by T. Johnson after Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867.

John Herschel : Lebensbild eines Naturforschers. Mit 13 Abb / [Günther Buttmann].

The sun kings : the unexpected tragedy of Richard Carrington and the tale of how modern astronomy began / Stuart Clark.

John Herschel's Cape voyage : private science, public imagination, and the ambitions of empire / Steven Ruskin.

Flora Herscheliana : Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838 / Brian Warner, John Rourke.

Outlines of astronomy / By Sir John F.W. Herschel.

Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly reviews : with addresses and other pieces / by John F.W. Herschel.

Familiar lectures on scientific subjects / by Sir John F.W. Herschel.

An examination of the century question : To which is added, a letter to the author of 'Outlines of astronomy' [Sir J.F.W. Herschel], respecting a certain peculiarity of the Gregorian system of bissextile compensation / [By A.G. Brae?].

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John Frederick William Herschel

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Images featuring John Frederick William Herschel

Works from the collections

Outlines of astronomy / By Sir John F.W. Herschel.

Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly reviews : with addresses and other pieces / by John F.W. Herschel.

John Herschel's Cape voyage : private science, public imagination, and the ambitions of empire / Steven Ruskin.

Familiar lectures on scientific subjects / by Sir John F.W. Herschel.

An examination of the century question : To which is added, a letter to the author of 'Outlines of astronomy' [Sir J.F.W. Herschel], respecting a certain peculiarity of the Gregorian system of bissextile compensation / [By A.G. Brae?].

John Frederick William Herschel

Images from the collections

Images featuring John Frederick William Herschel

Works from the collections

Outlines of astronomy / By Sir John F.W. Herschel.

Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly reviews : with addresses and other pieces / by John F.W. Herschel.

John Herschel's Cape voyage : private science, public imagination, and the ambitions of empire / Steven Ruskin.

Familiar lectures on scientific subjects / by Sir John F.W. Herschel.

An examination of the century question : To which is added, a letter to the author of 'Outlines of astronomy' [Sir J.F.W. Herschel], respecting a certain peculiarity of the Gregorian system of bissextile compensation / [By A.G. Brae?].

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