Item 34/3 - Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

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Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/34/3

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GB 275 Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/34/3

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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks

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  • 19 Jan. 1848 (Creation)

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Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
(1792-1871)

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Astronomer; son of Sir William Herschel; senior wrangler and first Smith's prizeman, 1813; subsequently fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; MA 1816; helped to found Analytical Society, Cambridge, 1813; secretary to Royal Society 1824-7; president of Astronomical Society, 1827-32; created baronet, 1838; president of British Association, 1845; master of the Mint, 1850-5. Major contribution to astronomy through the discovery and cataloguing of many double stars, work on 'light' and early work on photographical process. Buried in Westminster Abbey.

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Diplomas and Testimonials of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.

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