John Herschel
English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)
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Mapped the southern sky and invented the blueprint, because apparently one discipline wasn't enough for this 19th-century polymath. Herschel burned bright across astronomy, chemistry, photography and botany before most people could settle on a single career.
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical work.
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