Diary : manuscript, 1832 Jan. 24 to 1846 Apr. 12.

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Diary : manuscript, 1832 Jan. 24 to 1846 Apr. 12.

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Written in England, 1832-1833 and 1839-1846; and South Africa, 1834-1835. Entries are very irregular. Consists almost entirely of anecdotes concerning the eleven children of astronomer John F.W. Herschel and Lady Herschel, including William James Herschel, who later became a pioneer of fingerprinting.

1 v. (43 leaves) ; 19 cm.

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Herschel, William James

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William Herschel (1833-1917) was educated at Clapham Grammar School and the East India Company's college at Haileybury. His later career took him to India, where, as a magistrate in Hooghly, he instituted the first known system of fingerprinting in 1877-8. From the description of Professor Empson's lectures on moral philosophy and law, 1851-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179091 1866-1871 magistrate of Midnapore; 1871-1872 district judge of Dinajpur; 187...

Herschel, Margaret, Lady, 1810-1884?

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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...