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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848

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Personal name headingHerschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848
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Associated countryGreat Britain Germany
LocatedBath (England) Datchet (England)
Birth date1750-03-16
Death date1848-01-09
Place of birthHannover (Germany)
Place of deathHannover (Germany)
Field of activityAstronomy
Profession or occupationAstronomers
Found inGeistfeld, E. Karoline und die Sterna, 1952
Oxford DNB online, 29 Sept. 2015 (Caroline Lucretia Herschel; born at Hanover on 16 March 1750; in 1772, moved with her brother William to Bath in England; in 1782, they moved to Datchet near Windsor Castle; after her brother's death in 1822, she returned to Hanover; she died in Hanover on 9 January 1848)
Wikipedia, 29 Sept. 2015 (Caroline Lucretia Herschel, born 16 March 1750, died 9 January 1848, was a German British astronomer and the sister of astronomer Sir William Herschel, with whom she worked throughout both of their careers)