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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 (16)

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel was the first woman to receive full recognition in the field of astronomy. She grew up in Hanover, the only girl among five surviving children of the military musician Isaak Herschel and his wife Anna Ilse Herschel. Against the wishes of her mother, who would have preferred her to be a seamstress, Caroline, like her brothers, received musical training and became a concert singer. Caroline HerschelWhen she was 22 she followed her brother Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel...

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