Alexander Stewart Herschel ( 1836 - 1907 )

Birth: Feldhausen estate, Claremont, [now a suburb of Cape Town], Cape Colony, [now in South Africa], Africa (05 February 1836) Death: Observatory House, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom (18 June 1907) Burial: Chancel of St Lawrence Church, Upton, Buckinghamshire Profession: Astronomer Research field: Meteors Education: Was brought to England aged two (1838); Clapham Grammar School; Trinity College, Cambridge, BA (1859), MA (1877) Career: Lecturer in Natural Philosophy and Professor of Mechanical Physics, Glasgow University (1866-1871); Professor of Experimental Physics, College of Physical Science, Durham University (1871-1886); wrote on meteors Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/06/1884.