# Sir John Herschel — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Sir John Herschel in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Herschel

**First appearance:** 0040-xxxi

## Who they are

An astronomer whose name was used in the Great Moon Hoax.

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