English noun: John Herschel | |||
1. | John Herschel (person) English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871) | ||
Synonyms | Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Herschel | ||
Instance hypernym | astronomer, stargazer, uranologist | ||