A German-born British astronomer and composer, who played the organ, violin, oboe, cello and harpsichord.
My father, who was a musician, destined me to the same profession, hence, I was instructed betimes in his art. That I might acquire a perfect knowledge of the theory as well as of the practice of music, I was set at an early age to study mathematics in all its branches—algebra, conic section, infinitesimal analysis, and the rest.
