| Frederick William Herschel was one of ten children born to Isaac and Anna Herschel. |
| He was born in Hanover, Germany |
| He was an oboist in the Military Band like his father. |
| Herschel also played the violin, harpsichord and organ. |
| He composed 24 symphonies and many concertos. |
| In 1757 Herschel immigrated to England during the war with France. |
| In 1766 he became the organist of the Octagon Chapel, Bath and was appointed Director of Public Concerts. |
| During his first concert on January 1, 1767 he played the organ, and performed his own violin concerto, an oboe concerto and a harpsichord sonata. |
| Herschel became interested in mathematics and optics. |
| After he met the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, he began building his own telescopes. |
| On March 1, 1774 he started his catalogue of the skies by noting Saturn's Rings and the Great Orion Nebula. |
| He began searching for star pairs in order to demonstrate by means of p
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