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Herschel, Sir William, (1738-1822), Knight, astronomer and musician

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Surname:	Herschel
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1738-1822
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822) Knight Astronomer Musician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P166178 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P13806 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir William Herschel

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1773-1821: corresp and papers	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Herschel	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
2	1780-1818: papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3	1778-90: journal and papers	Oxford University: History of Science Museum	MSS 117, 180	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	1721-1951: family papers	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library	Manuscript Collection MS-1931	NRA 19861 Univ of Texas papers See microfilm in British L (M/588 1-7)
5	symphonies	British Library, Music Collections	Add MSS 49624-32
6	musical compositions	University of California Library, Berkeley		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
7	musical treatise and compositions	Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections	Coll/359
8	1780-1805: papers	Harvard University: Houghton Library		NRA 19360 Herschel
9	1795-1825: household accounts	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	HER/1-3	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
10	visitors book	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MS80/031	NRA 20623
11	1781-1802: letters (25) to Sir Joseph Banks	See information in published source		See WR Dawson, The Banks letters, 1958
12	music manuscripts	British Library, Music Collections	MSS Mus 88-91
13	1777-1807: letters	Huntington Library

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, (1750-1848), astronomer	Sister of		Family
2	Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, (1792-1871), 1st Baronet, astronomer	Father of		Family

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