Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (; 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical...
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel ( HUR-shəl, HAIR-shəl, German: [kaʁoˈliːnə ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German-British astronomer, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the...
Frederick William Herschel ( HUR-shəl; German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822), generally known as William Herschel, was a German–British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated...
The Herschel family is a famous Anglo-German family of astronomers who lived from the 18th to the 20th century. The family originated from Pirna in Saxony which lies near Dresden.
A Herschel wedge or Herschel prism is an optical prism used in solar observation to refract most of the light out of the optical path, allowing safe visual observation. It was first proposed and used by astronomer John Herschel in the 1830s.
Major John Herschel Hardcastle (1870–1937) was an artillery officer in the British Army. He became a ballistics expert and conducted experiments at the Royal Arsenal to devise data and formulae which were used for the army's official ballistic...
William Herschel's 40-foot telescope, also known as the Great Forty-Foot telescope, was a reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. It used a 48-inch (120 cm) diameter primary mirror with a...
Margaret, Lady Herschel (née Brodie Stewart; 1810–1884) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in Cape Colony, she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for...
An anthotype (from Greek άνθος anthos "flower" and τύπος týpos "imprint") is an image created using photosensitive material from plants under the influence of light (e.g. UV light, rays of sun). The anthotype is distinct from nature printing, the...
