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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/ HUR-shəl; German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 15 November 1738 – 25 August...
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    Caroline Lucretia Herschel (/ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛərʃəl/ HUR-shəl, HAIR-shəl, German: [kaʁoˈliːnə ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German astronomer...
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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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    astronomers William Herschel and John Herschel. Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft originally photographed fields of dark sand dunes within Herschel. Images from...
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    Scottish Presbyterian minister and Gaelic scholar. She married Sir John Herschel on 3 March 1829 at St. Marlyebone Church in London. Through her husband...
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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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    differences. The anthotype process was discovered in 1839 by Sir John Herschel. Herschel referenced an experiment on October 11, 1839 in a paper published...
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  • Major John Herschel Hardcastle (1870–1937) was an artillery officer in the British Army. He became a ballistics expert and conducted experiments at the...
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