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Definition of Sir john herschel
1. Noun. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871).
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir John Herschel
Literary usage of Sir john herschel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Not far from these, Sir Charles Lyell, the distinguished geologist; Sir John
Herschel, the eminent astronomer ; Charles Darwin, the great naturalist; ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Not far from these, Sir Charles Lyell, the distinguished geologist; Sir John
Herschel, the eminent astronomer; Charles Darwin, the great naturalist; ..."
3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1862)
"Letter from sir john herschel to Mr. Hind on the Disappearance of a Nebula in
Coma Berenices. (Communicated ly permission of sir john herschel. ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"In so characterizing sir john herschel we are not forgetting that others in our
... But, as an astronomer in the true sense of the term, sir john herschel ..."
5. A Manual of Photography by Robert Hunt (1854)
"CHAPTER V. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES ON PAPER OF sir john herschel. THE researches
of sir john herschel have been principally directed to the investigation ..."
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