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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH, FRS ( March 7, 1792 – May 11, 1871) [2] was an English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor. [2] He was the son of astronomer Sir William Herschel and the father of 12 children. [2]
William Herschel was a British astronomer and composer who became famous for discovering the planet Uranus. William Herschel may also refer to: Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet (1833–1917), British officer
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Career. William Wrey was MP for Liskeard, Cornwall, in 1624. He was knighted before March 1634 [5] and in 1636 he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet. At the start of the Civil War he was a Royalist and in 1642 was appointed a Commissioner of Array in Cornwall, [6] responsible for raising local militia troops for the King's army.
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Sir William Hargreaves Leese, 2nd Baronet, JP (24 August 1868 – 17 January 1937) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister. The son of the cricketer and politician Sir Joseph Leese, he was born in August 1868 at Send, Surrey. He was educated at Winchester College, [1] where he played for the cricket eleven. [2]
About. Sir John Frederick William Herschel was the only child of Mary Pitt and the respected, British astronomer, William Herschel who discovered Uranus. He was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England in 1792. Music, science and religion were the main household topics and sources of inspiration to the young John Herschel.
