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William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 15 November 1738
- Died
- 15 August 1822, 21 August 1822, 23 August 1822, 25 August 1822
- Conflict
- Seven Years' War
- Place of birth
- Hanover
- Place of death
- Slough
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Herschel
- Father
- Isaac Herschel
- Mother
- Anna Ilse Moritzen
- Spouse
- Mary Baldwin
- Sibling
- Alexander Herschel, Caroline Herschel, Jacob Herschel, Johann Dietrich Herschel, Sophia Elizabeth Griesbach, Johann Alexander Herschel
- Occupation
- astronomer, composer, oboist, musician, physicist
- Position held
- President of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Hanover, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Awards
- Copley Medal, Royal Order of the Welfs, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- birth name
- Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6
- different from
- Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet
- doctoral advisor
- Nevil Maskelyne
- employer
- Hanoverian Foot Guards, Militia and Volunteers of County Durham, Charles Avison, Leeds, Octagon Chapel, Bath, Bath Philharmonia, Observatory House
- instrument
- pipe organ, oboe, violin
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Royal Society of London, Academy of Science for Public Utility, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Academy of Sciences of Turin
- name in native language
- Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel
- notable work
- Account of a Comet. By Mr. Herschel, F. R. S.; Communicated by Dr. Watson, Jun. of Bath, F. R. S, discovery of Uranus, Herschel wedge, infrared radiation
- place of burial
- Church of St Laurence, Upton-cum-Chalvey
- relative
- Frances Hardcastle
- residence
- England, Bath, Datchet, Old Windsor, Observatory House
- topic's main category
- Category:Wilhelm Herschel
- writing language
- English
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