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John Herschel (1792–1871)
Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir (hėr’shel). An English astronomer and author, son of Sir F. W. Herschel; born at Slough, March 7, 1792; died at Collingwood, May 11, 1871. He continued the work of his father on double stars and nebulæ, and in 1833 went to the Cape of Good Hope for astronomical investigations, which occupied four years, and are embodied in his ‘Results of Observations at the Cape of Good Hope’ (1847). Besides several encyclopædia articles, his works include: ‘On the Study of Natural Philosophy’ (1830); ‘Outlines of Astronomy’ (1849); ‘A Manual of Scientific Inquiry’ (1849); ‘Physical Geography’ (1871); ‘Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects’ (new ed. 1880).