Alexander Stewart Herschel, DCL, FRS 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 5, 1836, Cape Town, South Africa
Died: June 18, 1907 (age 71 years), Slough, United Kingdom
Parents: Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Grandparents: William Herschel and Mary Baldwin