Herschel, William (1738–1822), musician and astronomer, was born at Hanover on 15 November 1738, and baptized Friedrich Wilhelm. He was the fourth of the ten children (and the third of six to survive infancy) of Isaac Herschel (1707–1767), a former gardener who was then an oboist in the ...
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Herschel, William (1738–1822), musician and astronomer
Michael Hoskin
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Herschel, William (1738–1822)
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William Herschel (1738–1822) by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1785 © National Portrait Gallery, London
