John Herschel
1837 - 1921
- Born
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29 October 1837
Cape of Good Hope
- Died
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31/05/1921
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 08/06/1871
- Relationships
- Son of Sir John Frederick William Herschel (FRS 1813); grandson of Sir William Herschel (FRS 1781); younger brother of Alexander Stewart Herschel (FRS 1884); married (1867) Mary Cornwallis, daughter of Rev Lipscombe, rector of Welbury, Yorkshire and widow of D Power QC
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
Author of
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Letter from J [John] Herschel, Bangalore, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society
Creator: John Herschel Reference number: MC/8/186 -
Referee's report by Alexander Ross Clarke, on a paper 'On gravimeters; with special reference to a torsion gravimeter, designed by the late J. Allan Broun, F. R. S' by John Herschel
Creator: Alexander Ross Clarke Reference number: RR/8/317
Recipient of
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Letter, from Henry Enfield Roscoe to [Lieutenant] John Herschel, dated at Owens College, Manchester
Creator: Henry Enfield Roscoe Reference number: HS/14/425 -
Letter, from Louisa Charlotte Tyndall to Colonel John Herschel, dated at Hind Head House, Haslemere
Creator: Louisa Charlotte Tyndall Reference number: HS/17/454
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
3 letters -
Henry Enfield Roscoe
1 letter -
Alexander Stewart Herschel
1 letter