21. Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel. Caroline Herschel AKA Caroline Lucretia Herschel. Born16Mar-1750 Birthplace Hannover, Hanover, Germany Died 9-Jan-1848 http://www.nndb.com/people/668/000096380/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Caroline Herschel AKA Caroline Lucretia Herschel Born: 16-Mar-1750 Birthplace: Hannover, Hanover, Germany Died: 9-Jan-1848 Location of death: Hannover, Hanover, Germany Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Female Ethnicity: White Occupation: Astronomer Level of fame: Niche Executive summary: Astronomer, sister of William English though German-born astronomer, sister of Sir William Herschel King George III , she became his constant assistant in his observations, and also executed the laborious calculations which were connected with them. For these services she received from the king in 1787 a salary of £5O a year. Her chief amusement during her leisure hours was sweeping the heavens with a small Newtonian telescope. By this means she detected in 1783 three remarkable nebulae, and during the eleven years 1786-97 eight comets, five of them with unquestioned priority. In 1797 she presented to the Royal Society an Index to John Flamsteed 's observations, together with a catalogue of 561 stars accidentally omitted from the "British Catalogue", and a list of the errata in that publication. Though she returned to Hanover in 1822 she did not abandon her astronomical studies, and in 1828 she completed the reduction, to January 1800, of 2500 nebulae discovered by her brother. In 1828 the Astronomical Society, to mark their sense of the benefits conferred on science by such a series of laborious exertions, unanimously resolved to present her with their gold medal, and in 1835 elected her an honorary member of the society. In 1846 she received a gold medal from the king of Prussia. She died on the 9th of January 1848.

22. August 1st Theme Unit - Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel has been called the Cinderella of Astronomy. Write a paragraphdescribing the Caroline Herschel Back to School Reading Comprehension http://www.edhelper.com/DailyThemes_August_1_1.html

Return to edHelper.com August Monthly Themes and Daily Theme Units for August Monthly Themes Table of Contents August 1st Theme Unit Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel Printable Options reading comprehension Daily Skills Practice: Vocabulary and Spelling include a Vocabulary/Spelling daily skills practice page Select the grade level for Vocabulary and Spelling daily skills: Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Select the word lists to use: Only use edHelper's word lists Only use your saved word lists A mix of your saved word lists and edHelper's word lists Select the type of worksheet: Spelling or vocabulary Spelling review Vocabulary review Answer Key include answer page Number of Keys Select the number of different printables: 1 key 2 keys 3 keys Select Story Starters Select the story starter(s) you want to use or write your own. Caroline Herschel has been called the "Cinderella of Astronomy." Write a paragraph describing the parallels you see between her life and the fairy tale Cinderella's life. If you had a choice to discover any type of astronomical phenomenon, planet, or star, what would you like to discover, and why? What would you name your discovery?

23. Biographical Web Links To Women In Astronomy Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (17501848 - Germany/Britain), Agnes Scott College -Biographies of Women Mathematicians ASP - herschel caroline (1750-1848) http://users.erols.com/njastro/barry/pages/womenlnk.htm

Biographical Web Links to Women in Astronomy Name Links Aganice (c. 1878 BCE) 4000 Years of Women in Science - AGANICE Aglaonike (c. 200 BCE - Ancient Greece) 4000 Years of Women in Science - AGLAONIKE Brahe, Sophia (1556-1643 - Denmark) 4000 Years of Women in Science - BRAHE Burbidge, Margaret (1919- - United States) CSWA/ASP Women in Astronomy - burbidge Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941 - United States) Bois's Disting. Women of Past and Present - cannon CSWA/ASP Women in Astronomy - cannon 4000 Years of Women in Science - CANNON ASP - Annie J. Cannon (1863-1941) Clerke, Agnes Mary (1842-1907 - Ireland/Britain) Cunitz, Marie (1610-1664 - Germany) 4000 Years of Women in Science - CUNITZ Dumee, Jeanne (18th Century) 4000 Years of Women in Science - DUMEE Davis, Elizabeth Brown ( - - United States) U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Davis Draper, Anna Palmer ( - - United States) ASP - Women Computers (circa 1890) En Hedu'Anna (c. 2354 BCE - Babylon) 4000 Years of Women in Science - EN Eaton, Etta Maine (1869-1915 United States) U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Eaton

24. Woman In Science - Earth And Space - Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel was born in Hannover, Germany, in 1750. She became the firstnoted woman Astronomer. Her work was mainly to assist her brother, http://library.thinkquest.org/20117/herschel.html

Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel was born in Hannover, Germany, in 1750. She became the first noted woman Astronomer. Her work was mainly to assist her brother, Sir William Herschel, another famous astronomer, in his work. On her own though, she discovered her first comet in 1786, with the discovery of seven more comets coming in the years following. In the year 1828, Caroline Herschel was presented with a gold medal from the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain for her work dealing with the cataloguing of the observations and discoveries done by her older brother, Sir William Herschel. Caroline Herschel died in 1848 after discovering many nebulae also, including the nebula that is associated with the Andromeda galaxy. Information Back to Biography Menu

25. BNSC - William (1738-1822) And Caroline (1750-1848) Herschel Caroline herschel caroline Herschel Image credit Royal Astronomical Society.Herschel was concerned mainly with the shape of our star system or Galaxy, http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/learningzone.aspx?nid=4725

26. No. 221: Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel more than meets the eye. William and Caroline Herschelwere brother and sister, born in 1738 and 1750 in Hanover. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi221.htm

No. 221: CAROLINE HERSCHEL by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 221. Today, a quiet lady maps the heavens. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. W illiam and Caroline Herschel were brother and sister, born in 1738 and 1750 in Hanover. Both were trained as musicians, and William moved to England when he was 19 to find work as an organist. Caroline's father assured her that she was was not pretty enough to marry, and her mother discouraged her bookishness. Her brother rescued her from all that in 1772 and brought her to England, where he'd become a well-established musician. William turned her loose to study, and study she did. She learned English, more music, mathematics and accounting, and together they studied astronomy. William also forced her to learn the artifices of English society. She complained that English flower shows were: a subject on which the wondrous female mind ... for months before and after, is absorbed in ecstatic contemplation.

27. Caroline Lucretia Herschel Clipart Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Clipart ETC An online service of Florida s Caroline Lucretia herschel caroline Lucretia herschel caroline Lucretia Herschel http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/3800/3841/herschel_2.htm

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28. Canada's Contribution To SPIRE On Herschel Caroline Herschel ©University of Houston Engines of Our Ingenuity William andCaroline Herschel; The Discovery of Uranus Astronomical Breakthroughs http://spire.uleth.ca/herschelfamily.cfm

Herschel/SPIRE Infrared Astronomy Schools Ask an Astronomer ... Media The first of the Herschel family to devote himself to searching the heavens, was also the most successful. The son of a military musician in the small dukedom of Hannover, he was a talented and successful musician in his own right. He had already joined the army band in his teens. At the time Hannover was part of the British Empire, and during the Seven-Year War between France and England it was occupied by the French. In 1757 William and one of his brothers fled from the war, escaping to England. William stayed in England, and his brother returned to continental Europe. William Frederick Herschel Caroline Herschel As a professional musician he made a living conducting and playing the organ, finally securing a well-paying job as a church organist in Bath. In 1772 he paid a short visit to his hometown of Hannover, bringing his younger sister

29. Caroline Herschel A short biography of the first woman to discover a comet. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/herschel.html

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.

30. Herschel Museum of the museum at 19 New King Street, Bath (18th century residence of William and caroline herschel)...... http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/museums/herschel/index.html

31. Herschel_Caroline Biography of caroline herschel (17501848) caroline herschel was the daughterof Isaac herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen. She was sister of William http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Herschel_Caroline.htm

Caroline Lucretia Herschel Born: 16 March 1750 in Hannover, Hanover (now Germany) Died: 9 Jan 1848 in Hannover, Hanover (now Germany) Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Version for printing 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.

32. Five Remarkable Women At The Crossroads Of Astronomy Information on caroline herschel, Annie Jump Cannon, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia PayneGaposchkin, and Vera Rubin. http://departments.weber.edu/physics/carroll/FiveWomen/

Five Remarkable Women at the Crossroads of Astronomy Click here to see a PowerPoint presentation of an invited talk I gave on July 31, 2002 at ALCON 2002, a national meeting of the Astronomical League held in Salt Lake City. (The free PowerPoint viewer can be downloaded at http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx Click here to read a rough transcript of the talk in pdf format. (To read the .pdf version of the transcript, you will need a free plug-in of Adobe Acrobat Reader) For more information, here are some of the sources I used to prepare the talk: Caroline Herschel: http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/herschel.htm http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Herschel_Caroline.html http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/similar/cher.html "Reading the Mind of God," by James Trefil. Annie Jump Cannon: http://www.wellesley.edu/Astronomy/annie/ http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/CANNON.html http://lyra.colorado.edu/sbo/sboinfo/readingroom/hd.html "The Analysis of Starlight," by J. B. Hearnshaw. Henrietta Swan Leavitt: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981027.html

33. References For Herschel_Caroline References for the biography of caroline herschel. MC herschel, Memoir andCorrespondence of caroline herschel (New York, 1876). CA Lubbock (ed. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Herschel_Caroline.html

References for Caroline Herschel Version for printing Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). Books: A M Clerke, The Herschels and Modern Astronomy M C Herschel, Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (New York, 1876). C A Lubbock (ed.), The Herschel Chronicle: The Life-Story of William Herschel and His Sister Caroline Herschel (Cambridge, 1933). E Pierce, Caroline Herschel : Tale of a Comet Articles: A M Clerke, Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Dictionary of National Biography XXVI (London, 1891), 260-263. M T A Kempis, Caroline Herschel, Scripta Math. M B Ogilvie, Caroline Herschel's contributions to astronomy, Ann. of Sci. F J Ring, John Herschel and his heritage, in D G King-Hele (ed.), John Herschel 1792-1871 : A bicentennial commemoration (London, 1992), 3-16. J South, An address delivered at the annual general meeting of the Astronomical Society of London on February 8 1829, on presenting the honorary medal to Miss Caroline Herschel, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society Main index Birthplace Maps Biographies Index History Topics ... Societies, honours, etc.

34. Caroline Lucretia Herschel Clerke, AM, caroline Lucretia herschel, Dictionary of National BiographyXXVI (London, 1891), Hughes, DW, caroline Lucretia herschel comet huntress. http://cometography.com/biographies/herschelc.html

Caroline Lucretia Herschel Caroline was born in Hannover, Germany on 1750 March 16, and was ultimately one of 10 children. At the age of 10 she was struck with typhus, which subsequently stunted her growth. She never grew taller than 4' 3" and remained frail throughout her life. Her father once told her she would never marry because of her looks and because she was not rich. In addition, primarily because of the times, her mother resisted giving her an education, saying that it was Caroline's duty to take care of her brothers. Despite all of this, Caroline's father secretly educated her and she ultimately displayed musical talent, as well as a gift for mathematics. Music was an important part of life for the Herschel family. Caroline's father was a military musician and her older brothers, William and Alexander, as well as Caroline, showed exceptional talent. Shortly after the beginning of the Seven Years' War, Hannover slipped into the hands of the French in 1757. Caroline was then 7 years of age and her 19-year-old brother William escaped to England where he became a music teacher. Sometime later he was joined by Alexander and they frequently performed as musicians. William moved to Bath, England in 1766 and became organist and choir master at the Octagon Chapel. In 1772, he asked Caroline to come to Bath and she subsequently trained as a singer. Despite her fraility, she was a soprano and gave many successful performances, among which were solo parts in the Messiah and Judas Maccabeus.

35. HERSCHEL; Caroline L.; 1750-1848; HOL/GBR After A Childhood herschel; caroline L.; 17501848; HOL/GBR A common image describes caroline,lightened by a candle, writing down the observations that her brother cried http://www.astrosurf.com/cielextreme/page93E.html

Prior Astronomer Next Astronomer Back to List HERSCHEL; Caroline L.; 1750-1848; HOL/GBR After a childhood similar to a typical women's childhood of this period, she left without regret the houseworks of Holland to join her brother William in the UK in 1772. A common image describes Caroline, lightened by a candle, writing down the observations that her brother cried out from outside the house standing at his telescopes (Georges III gave her a 50 pounds grant per year for the help she provided). Unsatisfied with only assisting her brother, she observed herself from 1782 and discovered 8 comets, observed about 100 deep sky objects and discovered 14 new nebulae.

36. Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750-1848) herschel, caroline Lucretia (17501848) After her father s death, Williampersuaded his mother to let caroline join him in Bath, England. http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/Herschel_Caroline.html

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40. About Caroline Herschel Information on caroline herschel her life and work. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_herschel_caroline.htm

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