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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Herschel, Sir John Frederick William
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Sir John Frederick William, Bart Herschel
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Astronomer, only son of Sir William; prosecuted with great diligence and success the same researches as his father; spent four years at the Cape, and added much to our knowledge of the stars and meteorology; contributed a "Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy" to Lardner's "Cyclopædia," and an excellent "Treatise on Astronomy," afterwards extended (1790-1871).