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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)


SynonymsHerschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Herschel


Instance hypernymastronomer, stargazer, uranologist









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