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.

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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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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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?].