Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sir_john_herschel

1 sense of sir john herschel

Sense 1
Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel -- (English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871))
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)