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Hanoverian astronomer, technical expert, and a composer; brother of Caroline Herschel, father of John Herschel
William Herschel
Works
- "Remarks on the new Comet" in Philosophical Transactions volume 77 (1787)
- "Observations on the Planet Venus" in Philosophical Transactions volume 83 (1793)
- "Experiments for ascertaining how far Telescopes will enable us to determine very small Angles, and to distinguish the real from the spurious Diameters of celestial and terrestrial Objects" in Philosophical Transactions volume 95 (1805)
- "On the Direction and Velocity of the Motion of the Sun, and Solar System" in Philosophical Transactions volume 95 (1805)
- "Observations on, the singular Figure of the Planet Saturn" in Philosophical Transactions volume 95 (1805)
Works about William Herschel
- Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (1876) by Mrs John Herschel (includes accounts of William Herschel by his sister)
- "Sir William and Caroline Herschel" in Littell's Living Age, 129 (1670) (1876)
- Sir William Herschel, his life and works (1881) by Edward S. Holden
- William Herschel and his work (1900) by James Sime, 1843-1895
- Herschel (1919) by Hector Macpherson, 1888-1956
- "Herschel, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Herschel, Sir Frederick William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- The Story of the Herschels Project Gutenberg
- A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Herschel, Sir John Frederick William
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