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Alexander Stewart Herschel

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Gender Male
Death117 years ago
Date of birth February 5,1836
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Cape Town
South Africa
Date of died June 18,1907
DiedSlough
United Kingdom
Alma mater Trinity College
Parents John Herschel
Fields Astronomy
Physics
Grandparents William Herschel
Mary Baldwin
Job Astronomer
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Alexander Stewart Herschel Life story


Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel was a British astronomer. Although much less well known than his grandfather William Herschel or his father John Herschel, he did pioneering work in meteor spectroscopy. He also worked on identifying comets as the source of meteor showers.

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