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    Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS (/ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛər-/; 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician...
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    John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third...
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    Frederick William Herschel KH, FRS (/ˈhɜːrʃəl/; German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer...
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    Caroline Lucretia Herschel (/ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛər-/; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German-born British astronomer, whose most significant contributions...
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  • academic Herschel Austin (1911–1974), British furniture-maker and politician Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815–1878), South Australian explorer Herschel Baltimore...
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    observation. It was first proposed and used by astronomer John Herschel in the 1830s. The prism in a Herschel wedge has a trapezoidal cross section. The surface...
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    and consolidated the cataloguing work of William and Caroline Herschel, and John Herschel's General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. Objects...
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  • Colonel John Herschel FRS, FRAS (29 October 1837 – 31 May 1921) was an English military engineer, surveyor and astronomer. He was the son of Sir John Herschel...
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    the 6th and 7th moons of Saturn. It was dismantled in 1840 by Herschel's son John Herschel due to safety concerns; today the original mirror and a 10-foot...
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    topic was based on the writings of others, notably William Whewell, John Herschel, and Auguste Comte, and research carried out for Mill by Alexander Bain...
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