Alexander Stewart Herschel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlexander Stewart Herschel
South African born British astronomer (1836–1907)
Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1836
Place of Birth: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Date of Death: 18-Jun-1907
Profession: astronomer
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Alexander Stewart Herschel
- Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel (5 February 1836 – 18 June 1907) was a British astronomer. Although much less well known than his grandfather William Herschel or his father John Herschel, he did pioneering work in meteor spectroscopy.
- He also worked on identifying comets as the source of meteor showers.
- The Herschel graph, the smallest non-Hamiltonian polyhedral graph, is named after Herschel due to his pioneering work on Hamilton's Icosian game.
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