'Sir John Frederick William Herschel' definitions:

Definition of 'Sir John Frederick William Herschel'

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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) [syn: Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel]