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Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1822

Frederick William Herschel25 August 1822

Bath · Science / Astronomy

Herschels house at 19 New King Street in Bath, Somerset where he made many telescopes and first observed Uranus, is now home to the Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Names involved

Frederick William Herschel

Provenance

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