
Sujet
John Frederick William Herschel, English scientist and astronomer, c1870. Artist: Unknown
Légende
John Frederick William Herschel, English scientist and astronomer, c1870. The son of Sir William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus, John Herschel (1792-1871) followed his father in astronomical research, mapping the sky of the southern hemisphere and cataloguing many previously unseen stars. He was also a pioneer photographer, and coined the photographic terms 'negative and 'positive'.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1870
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_323
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (4,4Mo) / 30,7cm x 40,8cm / 3626 x 4819 (300dpi)