Search Result:Herschel
Overview of noun herschel
The noun herschel has 2 senses
- Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel -- (English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871))
- Herschel, William Herschel, Sir William Herschel, Sir Frederick William Herschel -- (English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822))