John Herschel ( 1837 - 1921 )

Birth: Cape of Good Hope (29 October 1837) Death: 31 May 1921 Education: Clapham Grammar School; Addiscombe Career: Royal Engineers, Bengal (1856); went to India (1859); Captain; appointed to the Great Trigonometrical Survey (c1857-1886); employed by the Royal Society to observe the eclipses of the sun (1868 and 1871) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 8/06/1871.