Alexander Stewart Herschel
1836 - 1907
- Born
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05 February 1836
Feldhausen estate, Claremont [now a suburb of Cape Town], Cape Colony [now in South Africa], Africa
- Died
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18/06/1907
Observatory House, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 12/06/1884
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 48
- Fields of Interest
- Meteors
- Occupation
- Astronomer
- Relationships
- Second son of Sir John Frederick William Herschel (FRS 1813) and his wife Margaret Brodie, daughter of Rev Alexander Stewart; grandson of Sir William Herschel (FRS 1781); elder brother of John Herschel (FRS 1871); unmarried
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Recipient of
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Letter, from Gabriel Auguste Daubrée to Alexander S. Herschel, dated at Paris
Creator: Gabriel Auguste Daubree Reference number: HS/6/32 -
Letter, from William Mathews Jr. to Alexander Herschel, dated at Carpenter Rd., Edgbaston
Creator: William Jr. Mathews Reference number: HS/12/301 -
Letter, from James Nasmyth to Alexander Herschel, dated at Penshurst
Creator: James Hall Nasmyth Reference number: HS/13/87 -
Letter, from John Henry Nelson to Alexander Herschel, dated at Courtfield, Ryde
Creator: John Henry Nelson Reference number: HS/13/95 -
Letter, from Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland) to Alexander Herschel, dated at Alnwick Castle
Creator: Algernon Percy, Algernon Percy Reference number: HS/13/363 -
Letter, from Norman Pogson to Alexander Stewart Herschel, dated at Hartwell, Aylesbury
Creator: Norman Robert Pogson Reference number: HS/14/6
Most frequently corresponded with
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Norman Robert Pogson
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Algernon Percy
1 letter -
George Robert Waterhouse
1 letter -
James Hall Nasmyth
1 letter
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