Usually means: Pioneering astronomer, inventor, and polymath.
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  1. Sir John Herschel: Merriam-Webster
  2. Herschel, Sir John: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  4. sir john herschel: Dictionary.com
  5. Sir John Herschel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  8. sir john herschel: Mnemonic Dictionary
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noun:  English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)

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