Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for William Herschel across 8 places, from 1761 to 1822.
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Frederick William Herschel (15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German–British astronomer and composer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where William Herschel was documented, and when
1761year
Sunderland, Tyne and Wearattested“Herschel moved to Sunderland in 1761; Charles Avison engaged him as the first violin and soloist for his Newcastle orchestra, where he played for one season.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
24 August 1772exact date
Englandattested“His sister Caroline arrived in England on 24 August 1772 to live with William in New King Street, Bath.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1 August 1782exact date
Datchetattested“On 1 August 1782 Herschel and his sister Caroline moved to Datchet (then in Buckinghamshire but now in Berkshire).”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1 August 1782exact date
Buckinghamshireattested“On 1 August 1782 Herschel and his sister Caroline moved to Datchet (then in Buckinghamshire but now in Berkshire).”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1 August 1782exact date
Berkshireattested“On 1 August 1782 Herschel and his sister Caroline moved to Datchet (then in Buckinghamshire but now in Berkshire).”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
June 1785month
Windsor, Berkshireattested“In June 1785, owing to damp conditions, William and Caroline moved to Clay Hall in Old Windsor.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
June 1785month
Clay Hallattested“In June 1785, owing to damp conditions, William and Caroline moved to Clay Hall in Old Windsor.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
25 August 1822exact date
Observatory Houseattested“On 25 August 1822, Herschel died at Observatory House, Windsor Road, Slough, Buckinghamshire, after a long illness.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
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1755year
Englandmentioned“In 1755 the Hanoverian Guards regiment, in whose band Wilhelm and his brother Jakob were engaged as oboists, was ordered to England.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1757year
Battle of Hastenbeckmentioned“After they were defeated at the Battle of Hastenbeck, Herschel's father Isaak sent his two sons to seek refuge in England in late 1757.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1757year
Englandmentioned“After they were defeated at the Battle of Hastenbeck, Herschel's father Isaak sent his two sons to seek refuge in England in late 1757.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1760year
Darlingtonmentioned“He visited the home of Sir Ralph Milbanke at Halnaby Hall near Darlington in 1760, where he wrote two symphonies, as well as giving performances himself.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
29 September 1777exact date
Walcot, Bathmentioned“The English Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, visited the Herschels while they were at Walcot (which they left on 29 September 1777).”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1782 to 1784period
Royal Societymentioned“He soon discovered many more binary and multiple stars than expected, and compiled them with careful measurements of their relative positions in two catalogues presented to the Royal Society in London in 1782 (269 double or multiple syst…”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1785year
Philadelphiamentioned“A few years later, in 1785, Herschel was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
3 April 1786exact date
Sloughmentioned“On 3 April 1786, the Herschels moved to a new residence on Windsor Road in Slough.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
8 May 1788exact date
Sloughmentioned“On 8 May 1788, Herschel married the widow Mary Pitt (née Baldwin) at St Laurence's Church, Upton in Slough.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
8 May 1788exact date
St Laurence's Church, Upton-cum-Chalveymentioned“On 8 May 1788, Herschel married the widow Mary Pitt (née Baldwin) at St Laurence's Church, Upton in Slough.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
7 March 1792exact date
Observatory Housementioned“They had one child, John, born at Observatory House on 7 March 1792.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1801year
Royal Societymentioned“In 1801, Herschel reported his findings to the Royal Society and indicated five prolonged periods of few sunspots correlated with the price of wheat.”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
1816year
Bath, Somersetmentioned“John Keats alludes to Herschel's discovery of Uranus in his 1816 sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer": "Then felt I like some watcher of the skies/ When a new planet swims into his ken." Richard Holmes says that Keats "picks ou…”source: Wikipedia: William Herschel
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