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