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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)


SynonymsHerschel, John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel


Instance hypernymastronomer, stargazer, uranologist









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