Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet: References & Edit History
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A.M. Clerke, The Herschels and Modern Astronomy (1895), and Popular History of Astronomy, 4th ed. (1902); Sir J. Herschel: Scientific Papers, collected and edited under direction of the Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society, 2 vol. (1912); H. Macpherson, Herschel (1919). The standard biography of John Herschel is The Shadow of the Telescope by Gunther Buttmann (1970), which includes a bibliography; Herschel at the Cape (1969) is an edition of his diaries and letters, 1834–38. Michael J. Crowe, A Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (1998), gives summaries of nearly 15,000 extant letters, as well as an exhaustive bibliography.
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| Anniversary information added. | May 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Houston - Engines of Our Ingenuity - Biography of John Herschel. | Mar 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of John Herschel. | Jan 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Photography Halll of Fame and Museum - Sir John Frederick William Herschel. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Molecular Expressions - Biography of John Frederick William Herschel. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Computer History Museum - Biography of John Herschel. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of Sir John Herschel. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of John Frederick William Herschel. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MacTutor History of Mathematics - Biography of John Frederick William Herschel. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Description of Magellanic Clouds as "visible only in the Southern Hemisphere" changed to "best viewed from the Southern Hemisphere." |
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| Added photograph. | Mar 27, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Feb 26, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of John Frederick William Herschel. | Nov 29, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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