John Herschel

Definition: John Herschel

John Herschel

Noun

1. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871).

Commercial Usage: John Herschel

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Books	Herschel at the Cape; diaries and correspondence of Sir John Herschel, 1834-1838 (reference) The Shadow of the Telescope: A Biography of John Herschel (reference) Tracings of Light: Sir John Herschel and the Camera Lucida: Drawings from the Graham Nash Collection (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: John Herschel

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	When 19th century astronomer Sir John Herschel spied a swirling cloud of gas with a hole ... Credit: NASA.
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Familiar Quotations: John Herschel

Author	Quotation
Sir John Herschel	Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
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Expressions: John Herschel

Expressions using "John Herschel": John Herschel Glenn Jr. ♦ Sir John Herschel. Additional references.
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Anagrams: John Herschel

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-h-h-j-l-n-o-r-s"
	-4 letters: echelons, encloser, ensorcel, rechosen.
	-5 letters: cheeros, cholers, cloners, coheres, cornels, crenels, creoles, echelon, echoers, enclose, encores, lechers, necrose, rechose, reshone.
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