Sir John Frederick William Herschel

Sir John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir John Frederick William Herschel was the only child of Mary Pitt and the respected, British astronomer, William Herschel who discovered Uranus. He was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England in 1792. Music, science and religion were the main household topics and sources of inspiration to the young John Herschel.

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