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Caroline Lucretia Herschel

(Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848)

Brustbild als Ölgemälde der hannoverschen Wissenschaftlerin und Astronmin Caroline Herschel durch den um 1815 oder 1816 zum Königlich Hannoverschen Hofmaler erhobenen belgischen Kunstmaler Melchior Gommar Tieleman, links datiert 1829 und mit der Künstlersignatur

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel ( HUR-shəl, HAIR-shəl, German: [kaʁoˈliːnə ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German astronomer, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name. She was the younger sister of astronomer William Herschel, with whom she worked throughout her career. (From Wikipedia)

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Herschel, John, Mrs., -1876

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Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (London: J. Murray, 1876), by Mrs. John Herschel, contrib. by Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Women Worth Emulating (New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1877), by Clara Lucas Balfour
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Some Eminent Women of Our Times: Short Biographical Sketches (London and New York: Macmillan, 1889), by Millicent Garrett Fawcett (multiple formats at archive.org)

8 additional books about Caroline Lucretia Herschel in the extended shelves:

The Herschels and modern astronomy (Cassell and company, limited, 1901), by Agnes M. Clerke (page images at HathiTrust)
The Herschels and modern astronomy. (Macmillan, 1895), by Agnes M. Clerke (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel (D. Appleton and company, 1876), by Mrs. John Herschel (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel. (J. Murray, 1879), by Mrs. John Herschel (page images at HathiTrust)
The Herschels and modern astronomy (Cassell and Co., 1895), by Agnes M. Clerke (page images at HathiTrust)
The Herschels and Modern Astronomy, by Agnes M. Clerke (Gutenberg ebook)
Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel, by John Herschel (Gutenberg ebook)
The Story of the Herschels, a Family of Astronomers: Sir William Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Caroline Herschel (Gutenberg ebook)

Books by Caroline Lucretia Herschel:

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848, contrib.: Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (London: J. Murray, 1876), by Mrs. John Herschel

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