Caroline Lucretia Herschel manuscript material : 1 item, 1825

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Caroline Lucretia Herschel manuscript material : 1 item, 1825

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ยท To J. F. W. Herschel, mathematician and astronomer (her nephew) : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jun 1825 : (MISC 3736) : from Hanover; discussing some telescope lenses; begins, "I think before you receive this you will have had a letter from Groskopff by way of introducing Oberst Lieutenant Victor Pr..."

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848

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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 ...

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...