Akademik

Herschel

noun

1. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)

• Syn: ↑John Herschel, ↑Sir John Herschel, ↑Sir John Frederick William Herschel

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑astronomer, ↑uranologist, ↑stargazer

2. English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)

• Syn: ↑William Herschel, ↑Sir William Herschel, ↑Sir Frederick William Herschel

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑astronomer, ↑uranologist, ↑stargazer

Useful english dictionary. 2012.