William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
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Astronomer who spent his nights mapping the sky and found Uranus in 1781. Herschel built his own telescopes and turned stargazing into an obsession that made him a fixture of 18th-century British science, often with his sister Caroline by his side.
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Frederick William Herschel was a German–British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, he followed his father into the military band of Hanover, before emigrating to Britain in 1757 at the age of 19.
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