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English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor. Son of William Herschel.
John Frederick William Herschel
Works
- A Collection of Examples of the Applications of the Calculus of Finite Differences (1820) (external scan)
- On the Aberration of Compound Lenses and Object-Glasses (1821)
- A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1831) (external scan)
- Treatise on astronomy (1833) (external scan)
- The Ninth Bridgewater treatise; a fragment (1837), co-authored with Charles Babbage (external scan)
- Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, at the Cape of Good Hope (1847) (external scan)
- A Brief Notice of the Life, Researches, and Discoveries of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1847) (external scan)
- Outlines of Astronomy (1849) (external scan)
- (ed.) A Manual of Scientific Enquiry (1849) IA, (5th ed., 1886 (transcription project))
- Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews (1857) (external scan)
- General Catalogue of 10,300 Multiple and Double Stars (published posthumously)
- Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects (1866) (external scan)
- General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters (1864) (external scan)
Journal articles
- Auszug aus einem Briefe des Herrn J. F. W. Herschel an den Herausgeber in Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 48
- Obituary of Francis Baily, Royal Astronomical Society (PDF)
Works about Herschel
- "Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, Bart.," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
- "Herschel, John Frederick William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Herschel, Sir John Frederick William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Herschel, Sir John Frederick William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- The Herschels and modern astronomy (1895), by Agnes Mary Clerke (external scan)
- Great astronomers (1895), by Robert Stawell Ball (external scan)
- Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century (1916), by Alexander Macfarlane (transcription project)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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