Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792-1871 (Knight, astronomer)
Dates
- Existence: 1792 - 1871
Legal status / Nationality
British. Knighted 1831.
Biography
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), 1st Baronet and astronomer, was born at Slough, Buckinghamshire, on 7 March 1792. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1809 (B.A., 1813; M.A., 1816), where he was a Fellow, 1813-1829, and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1814. Herschel helped to found the Analytical Society in Cambridge, and also the Royal Astronomical Society, of which he was president, 1827-1832. He lived in South Africa, 1833-1838, and in 1847 published the results of his astronomical observations at the Cape of Good Hope. His other publications include Outlines of astronomy (1849) and many mathematical works. He was created baronet in 1838, and died at Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent, on 11 May 1871.
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
An incomplete series of fair minutes of meetings of the Board of Longitude, 1765 - 1828
Astronomical methods and instruments, 1859 - 1861
Card of visitors, 1877 - 1880
Personal and business cards of visitors to the Royal Observatory, including L.M. Rutherford, J.C. Watson, G. Davidson, S.P. Langley, H. Draper and A.S. Herschel. A large proportion of the cards belonged to foreign visitors.
Computations for Herschel's catalogue, 1862 - 1863
Computations for J.F.W. Herschel's 'General Catalogue of Nebulae'. There is correspondence between J.F.W. Herschel and Airy referring to errors in the calculations, funding of the work and its publication.
Correspondence, notes and computations, 1835 - 1850
Correspondence on comets, 1832 - 1847
Correspondence on decimal coinage, 1846 - 1858
Correspondence on instruments, 1849 - 1854
Correspondence on instruments, 1838 - 1849
Correspondence on instruments, 1842 - 1849
Correspondence on magnetic instruments, 1835 - 1848
Correspondence on magnetic observations, 1834 - 1848
Correspondence on Melbourne University, 1855 - 1856
Correspondence, largely with H. Malden and J.F.W. Herschel, on the professorships and financial arrangements for Melbourne University, including a paper on the proceedings of the University.
Correspondence on Northumberland's telescope, 1833 - 1841
Correspondence on planetary reductions, 1838 - 1847
Correspondence on planetary reductions, including official correspondence with the Government on grants for the reductions and accounts of money paid to computers. There are also reductions of Irish tide observations and accounts and receipts of wages paid out. The correspondents include J. Phillips, J.F.W. Herschel, Viscount Althorp, S.P. Rigaud, T. Spring-Rice, J. Barrow, J.W. Lubbock, F. Beaufort, J. Glaisher and E. Sabine.
Correspondence on reductions, 1837 - 1849
Correspondence on the printing and distribution of planetary and lunar reductions. The correspondents include F.W. Bessel, F. Beaufort, H.C. Schumacher, J.F. Encke, W.S. Stratford and J.F.W. Herschel.
Correspondence on Royal Astronomical Society, 1836 - 1848
Correspondence on scientific institutes, 1850 - 1853
Correspondence concerning various scientific institutes, giving notification of rules, meetings, reports, agendas and other matters. The correspondents include M. Faraday, J.F.W. Herschel, Lord Rosse, W. Hopkins, W. Cubitt, E.W. Brayley, B. Disraeli, R. Sheepshanks, C. Pritchard, E. Sabine, Lord Wrottesley, A. de Morgan, R.I. Murchison, C.W. Dilke, J.A. Broun and T. Bell.
Correspondence on solar eclipse, 1850 - 1852
Correspondence on solar eclipse, 1871 - 1874
Correspondence on solar eclipse expeditions, 1870 - 1871
Correspondence on standards, 1858 - 1862
Correspondence on standards, 1862 - 1865
Correspondence on standards, 1865 - 1868
Official and general correspondence on standards. The correspondents include Sir J.F.W. Herschel, Sir J. Lefevre, Sir J.W. Lubbock, Professor W.H. Miller, Major General E. Sabine, Lord Wrottesley, W. Airy, W. De La Rue, Admiral Manners and Professor Wackenbath. The volume includes minutes of the first meeting of the Standards Commission; the first report of the Standards Commission; and papers on the decimal system of money.
Correspondence on the Cape Observatory, 1827 - 1845
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