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	CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL - LoveToKnow Article on CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		(1750I848), English astronomer, sister of Sir William Herschel, the eighth child and fourth daughter of her parents, was born at Hanover on the 16th of March 1750.
		On account of the prejudices of her mother, who did not desire her to know more than was necessary for being useful in the family, she received in youth only the first elements of education.
		See The Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel, by Mrs John Herschel (f 876).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HERSCHEL_CAROLINE_LUCRETIA.htm (379 words)

	Caroline Lucretia Herschel
		Caroline was born in Hannover, Germany on 1750 March 16, and was ultimately one of 10 children.
		Caroline's father was a military musician and her older brothers, William and Alexander, as well as Caroline, showed exceptional talent.
		Caroline was then 7 years of age and her 19-year-old brother William escaped to England where he became a music teacher.
	cometography.com /biographies/herschelc.html (1346 words)

	Herschel_Caroline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caroline Herschel's four brothers were all brought up to be musicians while Caroline showed an enthusiasm for knowledge which her father tried to satisfy despite all her mother's efforts to ensure that she did nothing but household tasks.
		Caroline kept a diary into which she had recorded her thoughts, in particular she had recorded her great distress at the change in relationship with her brother and she also recorded her bitterness towards his wife.
		In total Caroline discovered eight comets between 1786 and 1797 and she then embarked on a new project of cross-referencing and correcting the star catalogue which had been produced by Flamsteed.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Herschel_Caroline.html (1698 words)

	joh3bern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born on March, 16, 1750 in Hanover, Germany.
		Caroline and her five siblings were all encouraged by their father to train in Mathematics, French and Music.
		Caroline Herschel was devoted to helping her brother be one of the greatest observational astronomers in history.
	www.forestcity.k12.ia.us /Pages/FCHS/Site/herschel.htm (940 words)

	Women in Science: Caroline Herschel
		Caroline Herschel was a woman astronomer and scientist that lived during both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
		Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born in Hanover, Germany on March 16, 1750, the daughter of Isaac and Anna Isle Moritzen Herschel.
		Caroline took many separate observations of the heavens with a small Newtonian telescope that William had given her.
	co.essortment.com /carolinehersche_renb.htm (539 words)

	Caroline Herschel's Deep Sky Objects
		Besides and before assisting her brother, William Herschel, in his great Deep Sky survey starting in late 1782, Caroline Herschel herself was an avid astronomical observer, and discoverer of comets (she originally found 8 of them) and deepsky objects.
		A look into her diary, published by her niece-in-law, Mary, the wife of John Herschel (Herschel 1876), finds her remark that to the end of 1783, she already had found 14 (this is quite probably the source for Buttmann's number).
		Caroline Herschel was honored lately by the astronomical community by naming a Lunar Crater after her: C. Herschel (34.5N, 31.2W, 13.0 km diameter, 1935).
	www.seds.org /messier/xtra/similar/cher.html (652 words)

	biology - Caroline Herschel
		Caroline Lucretia Herschel (March 16 1750 – January 9 1848) was a German-born English astronomer.
		Caroline became his constant assistant in his observations, and also executed the laborious calculations which were connected with them.
		The asteroid 281 Lucretia was named after her second given name, also a lunar crater in the Sinus Iridium was named Caroline Herschel in her honor.
	biologydaily.com /biology/Caroline_Herschel (415 words)

	Caroline Herschel - First Female Astronomer - Astronomy
		Born in 1750 in Germany, Caroline was the daughter of a musician in the Hanoverian Guards.
		Caroline, scarred by smallpox and her growth stunted by a childhood bout with typhus, was told by her father that she would never marry.
		Caroline and her brother made a number of notable contributions to the still-fledgling science of astronomy, chiefly expanding the field to include not just the solar system, but also the stars, the nebulae and the cosmos.
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	Caroline Lucretia Herschel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born in Hannover, Germany, on March 16, 1750.
		There, Caroline was given a telescope by her brother, and she spent hours on end searching the skies for flying comets.
		In 1786, Caroline and William moved to the "Observatory House", the place where Caroline spotted her first comet, sometimes called "first lady's comet." Also in this year, William got married, and this dramatically changed Caroline's lifestyle, although she never wavered from astronomy.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/100import/herschel.html (353 words)

	Carolyn Herschel
		Caroline, nicknamed Lina, was born in Hanover, Germany on March 16, 1750, the fifth of six children of Isaac Herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen.
		When Caroline was 22, it was her favorite brother, Freidrich Wilhelm (nicknamed Fritz and later known as William), who rescued her from a dreary existence as their mother's scullery maid.
		Caroline was rescued by her prince of a brother and found salvation through the glass of a telescope.
	www.womanastronomer.com /caroline_herschel.htm (730 words)

	Caroline Lucretia Herschel Biography / Biography of Caroline Lucretia Herschel 1800 To 1899: Physical Sciences Biography
		Caroline Herschel was the first woman to gain wide recognition in astronomy.
		She assisted her brother William Herschel (1738-1822), regarded as the founder of modern quantitative astronomy, in his work, and discovered three nebulae, eight comets, and compiled several extensive collections of star and nebula positions.
		One of six children, Caroline was born in Hanover; her father was an oboist, and later the bandmaster, of the Hanoverian Foot Guards Band.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-caroline-lucretia-herschel-scit-0512345 (245 words)

	Caroline Herschel
		Caroline Herschel was born in 1750 into a working class family in Hanover, Germany.
		But Caroline's mother wanted something else-- Caroline was destined to be her house servant, a virtual Cinderella.
		Caroline's first experience in mathematics was her catalogue of nebulae.
	www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/herschel.htm (893 words)

	Caroline Herschel
		Caroline Herschel was born on March 16, 1750 in Hanover, Germany.
		Caroline's mother did not see the need for a girl to become educated and preferred to make Caroline a house servant to the rest of the family.
		Caroline began to help her brother in the manufacture of telescopes and to share his passion for astronomy.
	starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/shadow/whos_who_level2/herschel.html (384 words)

	Great Creation Scientists
		His sister Caroline, who shared his love of music (she was a singer) and astronomy, came to live with him in Bath.
		Caroline was her brother William’s devoted and invaluable assistant for 50 years.
		Caroline was humble, dedicated, and self-sacrificing — ‘Her cometary discoveries she made light of, counting them as nothing compared with the assistance that she had been able to give William.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v22/i3/scientists.asp (1818 words)

	Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750-1848)
		Sister of William Herschel and aunt of John Herschel, she was born in Hanover and raised to be the household servant, with little education.
		Her mother believed that it was her daughter's duty to look after her brothers, while her father, a musician in the Hanoverian Guards, included her in music lessons given to his sons but warned her against any thoughts of marriage because she wasn't good looking or rich and, therefore, couldn't expect an offer.
		When William was made Court Astronomer after his discovery of Uranus in 1781, Caroline was appointed the first official female assistant to this position.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/H/Herschel_Caroline.html (338 words)

	Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750-1848) History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caroline Herschel was the first female astronomer to discover a comet.
		Herschel grew up in a home where her father encouraged learning, much to the displeasure of her mother, who believed girls should focus their education solely on skills necessary to manage a well-appointed traditional home.
		Herschel and Scottish scientific writer Mary Somerville (1780–1872) became the first women to be awarded an honorary membership in the Royal Society.
	www.bookrags.com /history/earthscience/herschel-caroline-lucretia-1750-184-woes-01 (384 words)

	Caroline Herschel
		Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a German astronomer who lived between 1750-1848.
		Caroline originally came to England to receive a music education, but she worked in England most of her life along side her brother, William Herschel, helping him make astronomical observations and then making her own.
		Caroline Herschel died on January 9, 1848, at age 98.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/8574/c_herschel.html (156 words)

	Herschel -> Caroline Lucretia Herschel on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sir William's sister, Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 1750-1848, discovered eight comets and three nebulae and from 1772 collaborated with her brother.
		She revised (1798) John Flamsteed's catalog of stars and arranged her brother's catalog of star clusters and nebulae, for which she received the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1828.
		Des ingénieurs mettent la dernière main au miroir du futur observatoire européen Herschel Dans un hangar posé au pied des.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Herschel_CarolineLucretiaHerschel.asp (518 words)

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		Sir William Herschel was a musician and astronomer.
		Although she was an indefatigable astronomer, she was not entirely pleased at the mess her brother's experiments made of their home.
		She received a gold medal in 1828 from the Royal Society for her work The reduction and arrangement in the form of catalogue, in zones, of all the star-clusters and nebulae observed by Sir W. Herschel in his sweeps.
	www.astr.ua.edu /4000WS/HERSCHEL.html (336 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Herschel Caroline Lucretia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750-1848), German-born British astronomer, who was the first important woman astronomer.
		Originally named Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, he was born in Hanover.
		At the age of 19 he went to England, working as a music teacher and organist but...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Herschel_Caroline_Lucretia.html (100 words)

	Caroline Herschel (1750-1848)
		Caroline Herschel was born on March 16, 1750 in Hannover, Germany, as the younger sister of William Herschel.
		64, Caroline stated to have observed 14 objects until the end of 1783 alone, but the present author is only aware of a total of 13 (of which only 10 or 11 were known at that time).
		A Study of Mary Lamb, Dorothy Wordsworth, Caroline Herschel, Cassandra Austen.
	www.seds.org /messier/xtra/Bios/cherschel.html (245 words)

	MSN Encarta - Caroline Herschel
		Like her brother, Sir William Herschel, she was trained as a musician but became interested in astronomy after immigrating to England.
		She made many contributions and discovered eight comets and three nebulas.
		She received (1828) the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for completing, arranging, and editing the star catalogs of her brother and of the British astronomer John Flamsteed.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569393/Caroline_Herschel.html (101 words)

	LookSmart - Directory - Caroline Herschel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caroline Herschel - Learn about the life and work of this 18th-century British astronomer.
		Read a biography about the first woman to be paid as a science professional, the first woman to discover a comet, and the first to catalog celestial objects.
		Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller furnishes a birthday tribute to the pioneering astronomer Caroline Herschel.
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	Women of Achievement
		CLH was the discoverer of eighteen comets and three nebulae between 1787 and 1797.
		She catalogued stars and nebulae for her nephew John Herschel to help his reputation but those catalogues were never published - at least not under her name.
		She is referred to in most histories firstly as the sister of noted astronomer Sir William Herschel, the discoverer of the planet Uranus (with the unsung help of his sister).
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	HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848) - Online Information article about HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
		HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848) - Online Information article about HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
		Correspondence of Caroline Herschel, by Mrs See also:
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	AllRefer.com - Herschel : Caroline Lucretia Herschel (Astronomy, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Sir William's sister, Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 1750–1848, discovered eight comets and three nebulae and from 1772 collaborated with her brother.
		See M. Herschel, Memoirs and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (1876).
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	Caroline Herschel
		English though German-born astronomer, sister of Sir William Herschel, the eighth child and fourth daughter of her parents, was born at Hanover on the 16th of March 1750.
		Lunar Crater C. Herschel (34.5N, 31.2W, 13.4km dia, 1.9km height)
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