Hanover, Holy Roman Empire, 15 November 1738
Slough, England, 25 August 1822
astronomer and composer
William Herschel
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1785
Hanover, Holy Roman Empire, 15 November 1738
Slough, England, 25 August 1822
astronomer and composer
William Herschel
Original manuscript of Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762)
Hanover, Holy Roman Empire, 15 November 1738
Slough, England, 25 August 1822
astronomer and composer
William Herschel
Replica in the William Herschel Museum, Bath, of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus
Hanover, Holy Roman Empire, 15 November 1738
Slough, England, 25 August 1822
astronomer and composer
William Herschel
William and Caroline Herschel polishing a telescope lens (probably a mirror); 1896 lithograph
Hanover, Holy Roman Empire, 15 November 1738
Slough, England, 25 August 1822
astronomer and composer
William Herschel
William Herschel's model of the Milky Way, 1785