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Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel. March 16, 1750 January 9, 1848. Caroline Herschelwas born in 1750 into a working class family in Hanover, Germany.
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Extractions: March 16, 1750 - January 9, 1848 When Caroline was twenty-two, her brother, William, took her away from her home in Hanover to Bath, England. He felt sympathy for his sister, and he needed a housekeeper. He also gave her voice lessons, and she became the most prominent soprano in Bath. By this time, William was an accomplished musician and a chorus director with a yearly salary of 400 pounds. He had a hobby that he supported with all his spare timeastronomy. William Herschel had an obsession with seeing deeper and deeper into space by creating very powerful telescopes. After Caroline arrived, his notoriety flourished in England as a great telescope maker. He quit his job as conductor after receiving a pension from King George III. Devoting his time to astronomy, he produced and sold huge quantities of fine telescopes. At this time, Caroline did not share her brother's passion for the science. William trained her in mathematics, yet she was still a house maid, not yet his apprentice. In time she began to help him in his business. She spent long hours grinding and polishing the mirrors they used to collect light from distant objects. At the age of 32, she became an apprentice to her brother. She knew the mechanics of the craft and had developed the self confidence lost to her from her period of servitude to her parents. She was becoming of greater use to her brother. Frequently, when he would leave on business, she would take over in his place. Visitors began to recognize her authority. King George III gave her a pension of fifty pounds. This was the first time that a woman was recognized for a scientific position.
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Caroline Herschel. 17501848. Caroline Herschel was born in Hannover,Germany, in 1750. She became the first noted woman Astronomer.
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Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet! Caroline Herschel was born on March 16, 1750 in Hanover, Germany. Her father Isaac was a talented musician.
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Extractions: William Herschel and his sister Caroline lived at 19 New King Street, Bath, this site is now a museum. The museum is located in part of a delightful Georgian building and helps to illustrate a 'lower middle class' household and life in the 18th century. The William Herschel Museum is dedicated to the many acheivements of the Herschels, who were distinguished astronomers as well as talented musicians.
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Biographies. herschel caroline (in a new window) Caroline Lucretia Herschel .Caroline Herschel was the daughter of Isaac Herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen.
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Caroline Herschel. 1750 1848. Home herschel caroline Lucretia Herschel encyclopedia Encyclopedia herschel caroline Lucretia Herschel.
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Extractions: You are in: Virtual Public Library Hall of Education Mathematics Caroline Herschel Astronomer, who received medal from Royal Astronomical Society for her discoveries of three nebulae and eighteen comets between 1787 and 1797. Her book, Catalogue of the Stars , was published by the Royal Society. She was a brilliant mathematician and was described as "one of those women who occasionally comes forth before the world, as in protest against the commonly accepted ideas of men regarding the mental capacity of the gentler sex."
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IDENTIKIT. Name Size Coordinates Image. herschel caroline. crater.6 km diameter. 900 mt height walls. 34°N 31°W. North west lunar
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Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel. Wow! Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet!Caroline Herschel was born on March 16, 1750 in Hanover, Germany.
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Extractions: Caroline Herschel Wow! Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet Caroline Herschel was born on March 16, 1750 in Hanover, Germany. Her father Isaac was a talented musician. Isaac Herschel encouraged all six of his children to train in mathematics, French and music. 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. At the age of ten Caroline was stricken with typhus. The disease permanently stunted her growth. Her parents concluded that she would never marry but would live her life as an old maid. Caroline remained in her parents' home until, at the age of twenty-two, her brother, William took her to live with him in Bath, England. Caroline became her brother's housekeeper. William was an accomplished musician and a conductor. He gave Caroline voice lessons and trained her in mathematics as well. Caroline became a well known soprano and began to sing professionally. William's hobby was astronomy and he devoted most of his free time to making more and more powerful telescopes with which to look deeper into space.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
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Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel. Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a German astronomer who livedbetween 17501848. Caroline Herschel died on January 9, 1848, at age 98.
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Extractions: 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. She discovered three new nebulae (hazy clouds from which stars form) in 1783. She also discovered eight comets between 1786-1797. In addition, she published two astronomical catalogues which are still used today. In 1835, Caroline was the first women to be awarded an honorary membership into Britain's Royal Society. In 1838, she was elected to membership in the Royal Irish Academy. Caroline received the Gold Medel for Science from the King of Prussia in 1846. In her spare time, Caroline assisted her brother, William Herschel, in his workshop grinding metal mirrors. Caroline Herschel died on January 9, 1848, at age 98. She is buried in Germany.
Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel. Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a German astronomer who livedbetween 17501848. Caroline Herschel was 98 years old when she died.
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Extractions: 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. She discovered three new nebulae in 1783. She also discovered eight comets between 1786-1797. In addition, she published two astronomical catalogues which are still used today. Caroline received the Gold Medel for Science from the King of Prussia in 1846. Caroline Herschel was 98 years old when she died. She is buried in Germany.
Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel 17501848 English Astronomer Her brother, Sir Frederick William,pioneered in the study of galaxies and also discovered the planet Uranus.
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Extractions: English Astronomer Her brother, Sir Frederick William, pioneered in the study of galaxies and also discovered the planet Uranus. Caroline worked on the complicated mathematics for her brothger's observations. In 1928 the Royal Astronomical Society awarded her its gold medal for discovering eight comets and arranging a catalogue of 2,500 nebulae and star clusters. American Commodore and Scientist She attended Yale and New York Universities during World War II when she joined the Naval Reserve. She was commissioned a Lieutenant and ordered to the Bureau of Ordinance Computation Project at Harvard, where she learned to program computers. She later worked as a mathematician in Philadelphia, and helped program the first commercial large-scale electronic computer. Her navy career resumed in 1967 after she had been inactive since the war. She was appointed in 1983 as Commodore; the title of that grade changed to Rear Admiral in1985. Many colleges and universities have conferred honorary degrees on Admiral Hopper, and she was the recipient of the first Computer Sciences 'Man of the Year' award presented by the Data Processing Management Association. Russian Mathematician Mathematician and novelist who studied in Germany. She wrote a remarkable thesis on partial differential equations. In 1884 she became professor of higher mathematics at the University of Stockholm. Four years later she was awarded the Prix Borodin for a paper on the rotation of a solid body around a fixed point. Her work was so extraordinary that the value of the prize was doubled.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Caroline Lucretia Herschel. Every leisure William. Caroline LucretiaHerschel was born in Hannover, Germany, on March 16, 1750. Her
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Extractions: Caroline Lucretia Herschel "Every leisure moment was eagerly snatched at for resuming some work which was in progress, without taking time or changing dress, and many a lace ruffle...was torn or bespattered by molten pitch...I was even obliged to feed him by putting his vitals by bits into his mouth;-this was once the case when at the finishing of a 7 foot mirror he had not left his hands from it for 16 hours..." -Caroline Lucretia Herschel of taking care of her brother, William Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born in Hannover, Germany, on March 16, 1750. Her father died when she was 17, so she went to Bath to live with and take care of her brother, William. When William would conduct choirs or bands, Caroline would be singing in the choir. When William was studying Algebra and Geometry, Caroline would be learning Algebra and Geometry at his side. Caroline and William shared a very close relationship. Another one of William's odd jobs was the making of telescopes, some that he would use to observe celestial bodies. It was during this period that Caroline began to take an interest in astronomy. Then, in 1781, William discovered the planet now known as Uranus, and in 1785, they moved to Windsor. 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.
Herschel: Caroline Lucretia Herschel
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Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel 1750 1848. Germany. Caroline became astronomer to the royal family.You are currently in Scinet Biographies Light Caroline Herschel.
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Caroline Lucretia Herschel. 1750 1848. Caroline was born on March16, 1750, in Hanover, Germany. Her father was a musician and
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Extractions: Caroline Lucretia Herschel Caroline was born on March 16, 1750, in Hanover, Germany. Her father was a musician and encouraged her musical talents. She learned to play the violin competently, leaving the rest of her education limited. Caroline's father encouraged her learning, as he told her she lacked the beauty and fortune for finding a suitable husband. Her mother disapproved of her learning. Caroline's father died in 1767. In an attempt to prepare for her future, Caroline enlisted the aid of a neighbor girl to teach her sewing so she might acquire a position of governess. This proved to not be necessary, however, as her older brother, William, sent for her to come to England to keep his house for him. Her mother was against this venture, but allowed Caroline to go as long as William paid for a maid to tend to Caroline's duties in her mother's house. William and Caroline performed musically to help make ends meet. By the time she was twenty seven years old Caroline had become a popular vocalist. William had begun to make a career for himself in the field of Astronomy. As William's career became more successful, Caroline and her brother Alexander became his assistants. Caroline helped copy and record William's astronomical projects. William gained quick recognition in scientific circles and Caroline followed. She became the first woman in England to hold a position in government services when she became assistant to King George III's court astronomer, her brother William.
Caroline Lucretia
Caroline Lucretia Herschel. Another woman involved in the creationof mathematics is Caroline Lucretia Herschel. Caroline was born
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Caroline Herschel (1750 1848). Caroline Herschel was born to apoor family in Hanover, Germany. From her birth, it was assumed
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Extractions: Caroline Herschel was born to a poor family in Hanover, Germany. From her birth, it was assumed by Caroline's mother that she would someday become a domestic servant, which was common among people of their class. Although Caroline was stricken by the disease Typhus when she was ten - a disease that was to stunt her growth - her father Isaac encouraged her make the most of her life and study in the areas of music and mathematics. When she was twenty-two she left home to live with her brother, William, in Bath England where they both pursued musical careers. William was also an aspiring astronomer, and Caroline served as his maid. As her brother became more famous as a producer of telescopes, he urged her to take up mathematics so that she could work as his assistant. Later, she became his apprentice. Her mathematical prowess is shown in her catalogues of nebulae (comets) It is interesting to note that despite the complexity of the numbers and mathematical concepts she was dealing with, Herschel never learned her times tables (remember, she never had a formal education) and carried them around with her on a card in her pocket. Like many early female mathematicians, Herschel never married and continued her work throughout her life even when William began to spend less and less time with his work. Her catalogues of the discoveries they made were sent to the many scientific organisations in England and she was made an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Irish Academy and was granted the Gold Medal of Science from the King of Prussia. Herschel's work emphasises the relatedness of mathematics, science and exploration.
About Caroline Herschel
Information on caroline herschel her life and work Born in Hanover, Germany, caroline herschel gave up on getting married after a bout with typhus left her growth stunted
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Extractions: Mathematician, astronomer: first woman to discover a comet Born in Hanover, Germany, Caroline Herschel gave up on getting married after a bout with typhus left her growth stunted seriously. She trained as a singer, but moved to England to serve as housekeeper to her brother, William Herschel. discovered the planet Uranus . She also is credited with discovering a comet, making her the first woman known to have done so. She later published her own work cataloguing stars and nebulae. From a letter * a poetic treatment of Caroline Herschel's contributions:
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caroline Lucretia herschel. Born 16 March caroline herschel was thedaughter of Isaac herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen. She was sister
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Extractions: Caroline Herschel was the daughter of Isaac Herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen. She was sister of William Herschel and the aunt of John Herschel . Caroline's father Isaac was an oboist in the Hanovarian Foot Guards and rose to become the bandmaster. Although a man with no formal education, he tried hard to give his four sons and two daughters a good education. His interests in music, philosophy and astronomy led to lively conversations in their home but Caroline's mother disapproved of learning in general and although she reluctantly accepted that her four sons should have some education, she strongly opposed her daughters doing anything other than the household chores. 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 recalled that her father took her [4]:- ... on a clear frosty night into the street, to make me acquainted with several of the beautiful constellations, after we had been gazing at a comet which was then visible.

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