Graphical version

Royal Society

Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 347

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822)

Date(s): late 18th century-early 19th century

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Herschel | Sir | John Frederick William | 1792-1871 | 1st Baronet | astronomer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) was born in Hanover and came to England in 1757, where he taught music in Leeds, Halifax and Bath. He devoted himself to the study of mathematics and astronomy, built his own telescope in c.1773, and with it discovered the planet Uranus in 1781 (which he named 'Georgium Sidus' in honour of George III). He was appointed private astronomer to George III in 1782 and knighted in 1816, and is regarded as the virtual founder of sidereal science.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

General Index of the 2500 Nebulae of Sir William Herschel drawn up by Sir John Herschel.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Paper, unbound, 8 ff, size 13 x 8 inches

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Astronomy

Personal names
Herschel | Sir | John Frederick William | 1792-1871 | 1st Baronet | astronomer
Herschel | Sir | William | 1738-1822 | Knight | astronomer and musician

Corporate names

Places