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Noun: Sir William Herschel
  1. English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
    - Herschel, William Herschel, Sir Frederick William Herschel

Type of: astronomer, stargazer, uranologist

Encyclopedia: Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet