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Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Baronet (9 January 1833 – 24 October 1917) was a British ICS officer in India who used fingerprints for identification on contracts.
Learn about the life and achievements of Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Baronet, who was a British officer in India and a fingerprint expert. He was also the son and grandson of famous astronomers and discovered the planet Uranus.
The Herschel Baronetcy, of Slough in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1838 for John Herschel, son of the famous astronomer Sir William Herschel, and a well-known astronomer in his own right. [1]
Sir William Herschel, Bt. (1833–1917) is acknowledged as the originator of fingerprinting. Less well known is that after a career as a colonial administrator, he lived for some twenty years at Lawn Upton House in Littlemore.
William James Herschel is considered one of the first Europeans to recognize the value of fingerprints for identification purposes. He began using fingerprints and handprints, instead of signatures, in his work as a magistrate in colonial India in the 1850s and 1860s.
Oct 23, 2018 · Sir William James Herschel 2nd Baronet of Slough was born January 9, 1833 in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, the son of Sir John Frederick W. Herschel and Marie Stewart Herschel.
Dec 9, 2023 · "Herschel, Sir William James, second baronet (1833–1917), developer of fingerprinting and judge" published on by Oxford University Press.
