See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

HERSCHEL (1738-1822)  , generally known as See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel, See also:

• ENGLISH

English astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover on the 15th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1738 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a musician employed as hautboy player in .the Hanoverian guard . The See also:

• FAMILY

family had quitted See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia for See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of religious troubles, they themselves being Protestants . Herschel's earlier See also:

• EDUCATION

education was necessarily of a very limited See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, chiefly owing to the warlike commotions of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; but being at all times an indomitable student, he, by his own exertions, more than repaired this deficiency . He became a very skilful musician, both theoretical and See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical; while his attainments as a self-taught mathematician were fully adequate to the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of those branches of See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy which he so eminently advanced and adorned . Whatever he did he did methodically and thoroughly; and in this methodical thoroughness See also:

• LAY

lay the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of what See also:

• ARAGO, DOMINIQUE FRANCOIS JEAN (1786-1853)

Arago very properly termed his astonishing scientific success .