File:PSM V76 D018 Halley comet in 1835.png

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English: Halley's Comet in 1835

Date

1910

Source

Author



Alternative names	Birth name: John Frederick William Herschel; John Herschel; Sir John Frederick William Herschel; John Frederick Herschel; Sir John Herschel; John F. W. Herschel; J. F. W. Herschel
Description	British astronomer, photographer, mathematician, chemist, physicist and writer
Date of birth/death	7 March 1792	11 May 1871
Location of birth/death	Slough	Hawkhurst
Authority file	: Q14278 VIAF: 9887999 ISNI: 0000000120990257 ULAN: 500115027 LCCN: n50036903 NLA: 35264409 WorldCat

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