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Caroline Herschel
German-British astronomer (1750-1848)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 16 March 1750
- Died
- 9 January 1848
- Place of birth
- Hanover
- Place of death
- Hanover
- Sex or gender
- female
- Family name
- Herschel
- Father
- Isaac Herschel
- Mother
- Anna Ilse Moritzen
- Sibling
- William Herschel, Jacob Herschel, Johann Dietrich Herschel, Sophia Elizabeth Griesbach, Johann Alexander Herschel
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Occupation
- astronomer, mathematician, singer, violinist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Hanover
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- birth name
- Caroline Lucretia Herschel
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Pioneers of Science and Technology, A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, A historical dictionary of British women, Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
- employer
- United Kingdom
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- Royal Astronomical Society
- name in native language
- Caroline Lucretia Herschel
- place of burial
- Gartenfriedhof
- relative
- John Frederick William Herschel
- residence
- England
- student of
- William Herschel
- topic's main category
- Category:Caroline Herschel
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (DNB00)
- Herschel, Karoline Lucretia
- Frauen als Entdeckungsreisende und Geographen
- Frauen auf akademischem Lehrstuhle der Mathematik
- Representative Women: The Scientific Students: Caroline L. Herschel, Sophie Germain, Mrs. Somerville
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
- Die Frau und das Universitätsstudium
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
- William and Caroline Herschel: Pioneers in Late 18th-Century Astronomy
- Die Geschwister Herschel
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