Identity area
Reference code
Herschel/Box 1a/Document 37
Unique identifier
GB 275 Herschel/Box 1a/Document 37
Title
Note on the art of photography or the application of the chemical rays of light to the purposes of pictorial representation
Date(s)
- 1839 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
15p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1792-1871)
Biographical history
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.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photocopy of John Herschel's original MS