Person Herschel; John (1837 - 1921); Colonel; military engineer, surveyor and astronomer Herschel John military engineer, surveyor and astronomer 1837 - 1921 British Male Cape of Good Hope 29 October 1837 31/05/1921 19210531

Bangalore, India (1870); Observatory House, Slough, Buckinghamshire

Education: Clapham Grammar School; Addiscombe Career: Royal Engineers, Bengal (1856); went to India (1859); Captain; appointed to the Great Trigonometrical Survey (c1857-1886); employed by the Royal Society to observe the eclipses of the sun (1868 and 1871) Son of Sir John Frederick William Herschel (FRS 1813); grandson of Sir William Herschel (FRS 1781); younger brother of Alexander Stewart Herschel (FRS 1884); married (1867) Mary Cornwallis, daughter of Rev Lipscombe, rector of Welbury, Yorkshire and widow of D Power QC Fellow 08/06/1871 Sources: Bulloch's Roll References: Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory, FRS, mathematician: "the most unlucky person that ever existed"' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 223-247 Mike Ware 'Herschel's Chrysotoype: A Golden Legend Re-told' in History of Photography, Vol 30, Number 1, Spring 2006 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9671 29 Oct 1837 - 31 May 1921 NA7955 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 06/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes e7ee2a49-1528-4110-a786-693b774d2774