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English: Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope; being the completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825
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John Frederick William Herschel  (1792–1871)  wikidata:Q14278 s:en:Author:John Frederick William Herschel q:en:John Herschel
 
John Frederick William Herschel
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Birth name: John Frederick William Herschel
Description British astronomer, photographer, mathematician, chemist, physicist and writer
Date of birth/death 7 March 1792 Edit this at Wikidata 11 May 1871 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Slough Edit this at Wikidata Kent Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1835 Edit this at Wikidata
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