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Sir Frederick William Herschel

DEFINITIONS OF: Sir Frederick William Herschel

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n English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)

Synonyms:
Herschel, Sir William Herschel, William Herschel
Example of:
astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
a physicist who studies astronomy
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