John Frederick William Herschel
1792 - 1871

- Born
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07 March 1792
Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
- Died
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11 May 1871
His residence, named Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 27/05/1813
- Relationships
- Son of Sir William Herschel (FRS 1781); married Margaret Brodie, daughter of Rev Alexander Stewart of Dingwall, Rosshire; father of Alexander Stewart Herschel (FRS 1884) and of John Herschel (FRS 1871)
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Letter from J F W Herschel, Slough, to P M Roget
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: DM/1/4 -
Description of some experiments by J F W Herschel
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: DM/3/36 -
Description of some experiments by J F W Herschel
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: DM/3/39 -
Copy of a letter from J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society, to E[dmund Robert] Daniell, Royal Institution
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: DM/3/42 -
Letter from J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society, to JT Cooper
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: DM/3/49B -
Letter from J F W Herschel to Edward Sabine
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: DM/3/88
Referee of
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Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the theoretical explanation of an apparent new polarity in light' by George Biddell Airy
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/1/3 -
Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On different properties of solar radiation producing or preventing a deposit of mercury on silver plates coated with iodine, or compounds with bromine or chlorine, modified by coloured glass media and the vapours of the atmosphere' by Antoine Jean Francois Claudet
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/1/42 -
Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/1/75 -
Referee's report by John Fredrick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the influence of iodine in rendering several Argentine compounds, spread on paper, sensitive to light, and on a new method of producing, with greater distinctness, the photographic image' by Robert Hunt
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/1/110 -
Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the theory of the dark bands formed in the solar spectrum from partial interception by transparent plates' by Baden Powell
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/1/188 -
Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'An account of experiments on the reflecting telescope' by William Parsons, 'Lord of Oxmantown'
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: RR/1/211
Recipient of
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Unpublished paper, regarding a geometrical problem by unknown author
Reference number: AP/12/1 -
Unpublished paper and letter, 'Description of a machine for perpetuating motion' by Joseph Hopkins
Reference number: AP/12/10 -
Letter from Benjamin Charles Stephenson, Office of Works, to John Frederick William Herschel
Creator: Benjamin Charles Stephenson Reference number: DM/2/25 -
Letter from Stephen Lee, Royal Society, to John Frederick William Herschel
Creator: Stephen Lee Reference number: DM/2/102
Most frequently corresponded with
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Charles Babbage
492 letters -
Edward Sabine
437 letters -
Augustus de Morgan
396 letters -
Francis Baily
359 letters
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