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Sir John Herschel

DEFINITIONS OF: Sir John Herschel

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n English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)

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