| Authorised form of name | Herschel; Alexander Stewart (1836 - 1907); astronomer |
| Dates | 1836 - 1907 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Feldhausen estate, Claremont [now a suburb of Cape Town], Cape Colony [now in South Africa], Africa |
| Date of birth | 05 February 1836 |
| Place of death | Observatory House, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 18/06/1907 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Chancel of St Lawrence Church, Upton, Buckinghamshire |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Research field | Meteors |
| Activity | Education:
Was brought to England aged two (1838); Clapham Grammar School; Trinity College, Cambridge, BA (1859), MA (1877)
Career:
Lecturer in Natural Philosophy and Professor of Mechanical Physics, Glasgow University (1866-1871); Professor of Experimental Physics, College of Physical Science, Durham University (1871-1886); wrote on meteors
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1884 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| Relationships | Second son of Sir John Frederick William Herschel (FRS 1813) and his wife Margaret Brodie, daughter of Rev Alexander Stewart; grandson of Sir William Herschel (FRS 1781); elder brother of John Herschel (FRS 1871); unmarried |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1907-1908 vol 80 pp xix-xxiii signed by H H T |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/20459756 |
| Royal Society code | NA6670 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/21/84 | Letter from A S Herschel to Herbert Rix | 8 April 1895 |
| MM/21/85 | Letter from AS Herschel to Herbert Rix | 15 April 1895 |
| MS/743/1/82 | Tracks of shooting stars observed at Newcastle on Tyne Novr 27th 1872...by Alexander Stewart Herschel | 27 November 1872 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MS/743/1/90 | Letter from Alexander Stewart Herschel, College of Science, Newcastle upon Tyne, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 21 September 1876 |
| MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |
| NLB/6/589 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 June 1892 |
| NLB/11/59 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 April 1895 |
| NLB/11/71 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 April 1895 |
| NLB/9/408 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 May 1894 |
| NLB/27/622 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel, Fellow of the Royal Society, Observatory House, Slough | 29 October 1903 |
| NLB/35/621 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 21 June 1907 |
| NLB/35/716 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Herbert Hall Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 July 1907 |
| NLB/37/417 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 March 1908 |
| MS/928/2/93 | Memorandum, 'Note on penetration of air (or other 'uncondensable gas') by very swiftly moving bodies', by Alexander Stewart Herschel | 3 December 1892 [1887] |
| MS/743/1/81 | Letter from Alexander Stewart Herschel, 16 Saville Row, Newcastle on Tyne, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 10 February 1873 |
| EC/1884/12 | Herschel, Alexander Stewart: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/928/2/92 | Letter from Alexander Stewart Herschel, Observatory House, Slough, to Charles Vernon Boys | 3 December 1892 |
| MC/8/300 | Letter from A S [Alexander Stewart] Herschel, 4 Chesham Street, Belgrave Square, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 19 January 1869 |
| MC/8/302 | Letter from A S [Alexander Stewart] Herschel, Collingwood, Hawkhurst, to the Royal Society | 24 January 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| MC/12/200 | Letter from A S [Alexander Stewart] Herschel, 16 Saville Row, Newcastle on Tyne, to Wr [Walter] White, Librarian [and Assistant Secretary] of the Royal Society | 4 October 1881 |
| MC/12/203 | Letter from A S [Alexander Stewart] Herschel, 16 Saville Row, Newcastle on Tyne, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 October 1881 |
| MC/13/54 | Letter from A S [Alexander Stewart] Herschel, Durham College of Science, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Walter White, [Assistant] Secretary of the Royal Society | 3 June 1884 |
| MC/13/68 | Letter from A S [Alexander Stewart] Herschel, The University of Durham, College of Science, Newcastle on Tyne, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 17 June 1884 |
| MC/13/107 | Letter from A S [Alexander Stewart] Herschel, 47 Lovaine Place, Newcastle on Tyne, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 12 November 1884 |