William Herschel

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astronomer composer human musician scientist

William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.

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Label Occurrences
William Herschel canonical 16
Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
birthName William Herschel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel
child John Herschel ⓘ
citizenship Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
composed church music ⓘ
concertos ⓘ
symphonies ⓘ
countryOfBirth Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1738-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1822-08-25 ⓘ
discovered Enceladus ⓘ
Mimas ⓘ
Oberon ⓘ
Titania ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ
infrared radiation ⓘ
employer George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III
familyName Herschel ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
music ⓘ
optics ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
givenName Friedrich Wilhelm ⓘ
knownFor cataloguing nebulae and star clusters ⓘ
construction of large reflecting telescopes ⓘ
deep-sky surveys ⓘ
discovery of Uranus ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name William Herschel self-link ⓘ
notableWork New General Catalogue ⓘ
surface form: Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
occupation astronomer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
telescope maker ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hanover ⓘ
placeOfDeath Slough ⓘ
positionHeld Astronomer Royal ⓘ
surface form: King's Astronomer

Astronomer Royal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Astronomer to George III
residence Bath ⓘ
Slough ⓘ
sibling Caroline Herschel ⓘ
spouse Mary Pitt Herschel ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uranus → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
Herschel Space Observatory → namedAfter → William Herschel ⓘ
NGC 7538 → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
North America Nebula → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
NGC 604 → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
Titania → discoverer → William Herschel ⓘ
Oberon → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
IC 1805 (Heart Nebula) → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
subject surface form: IC 1805
William Herschel → birthName → William Herschel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel
William Herschel → name → William Herschel self-link ⓘ
Friedrich Bessel → influencedBy → William Herschel ⓘ
Enceladus → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
Mimas → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ
Herschel Island → namedAfter → William Herschel ⓘ
John Herschel → parent → William Herschel ⓘ
Herschel Medal → namedAfter → William Herschel ⓘ
NGC 2403 → discoveredBy → William Herschel ⓘ