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    Frederick William Herschel KH, FRS (/ˈhɜːrʃəl/; German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer...
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    Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS (/ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛər-/; 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician...
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    including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name. She was the younger sister of astronomer William Herschel, with whom she worked throughout...
    38 KB (4,683 words) - 15:22, 30 April 2024
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    Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons...
    117 KB (9,868 words) - 00:00, 29 April 2024
  • Eli Herschel Wallach)
    Eli Herschel Wallach (/ˈiːlaɪ ˈhɜːrʃəl ˈwɔːlək/; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City...
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    Herschel "Tex" Evans (9 March 1909 – 9 February 1939) was an American tenor saxophonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. He also worked with...
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    Chronicle. 81, Part 2: 661. Herschel, William; John Louis Emil Dreyer, A (September 2013). The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel; Including Early Papers...
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    the recommendation of Pierre Simon Laplace; the post went to William Wallace. With Herschel, Babbage worked on the electrodynamics of Arago's rotations...
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  • John Herschel Glenn)
    John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third...
    166 KB (16,437 words) - 06:47, 1 May 2024
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    William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS (/ˈɡlædstən/ GLAD-stən; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting...
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    Messier 110 (category Discoveries by Caroline Herschel)
    M110 was independently discovered by Caroline Herschel on August 27, 1783; her brother William Herschel described her discovery in 1785. The suggestion...
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    Sir William Herschel observed Uranus on 13 March 1781 from the garden of his house at 19 New King Street in Bath, Somerset, England (now the Herschel Museum...
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  • on the lives and works of Sir Joseph Banks, the astronomers William and Caroline Herschel, and chemist Humphry Davy. Other profiles include African explorer...
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  • William Basie)
    under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets"...
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