English noun: Sir John Herschel | |||
| 1. | Sir 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, John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel | ||
| Instance hypernym | astronomer, stargazer, uranologist | ||