See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

CAROLINE See also:

• LUCRETIA

LUCRETIA See also:

• CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

HERSCHEL (1750-1848)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English astronomer, See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel, the eighth See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child and See also:

• FOURTH

fourth daughter of her parents, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover on the 16th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1750 . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the prejudices of her See also:

• MOTHER

mother,. who did not See also:

• DESIRE

desire her to know more than was necessary for being useful in the See also:

• FAMILY

family, she received in youth only the first elements of See also:

• EDUCATION

education . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of her See also:

• FATHER

father in 1767 she obtained permission to learn millinery and dressmaking with a view to earning her See also:

• BREAD

bread, but continued to assist her mother in the management of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household until the autumn of 1772, when she joined her See also:

• BROTHER

brother William, who had established himself as a teacher of See also:

• MUSIC

music at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath . At once she became a valuable co-operator with him both in his professional duties and in the astronomical researches to which he had already begun to devote all his spare See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . She was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer at his See also:

• ORATORIO

oratorio concerts, and acquired such a reputation as a vocalist that she was offered an engagement for the See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham festival, which, however, she declined . When her brother accepted the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of astronomer to See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III., she became his See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant assistant in his observations, and also executed the laborious calculations which were connected with them . For these services she received from the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king in 1787 a See also:

• SALARY

salary of £56 a See also:

• YEAR

year . Her See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief amusement during her leisure See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours was sweeping the heavens with a small Newtonian See also:

• TELESCOPE

telescope . By this means she detected in 1783 three remarkable nebulae, and during the eleven years 1786–1797 eight comets, five of them with unquestioned priority . In 1797 she presented to the Royal Society an See also:

• INDEX

Index to See also:

• FLAMSTEED, JOHN (1646-1719)

Flamsteed's observations, together with a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of 561 stars accidentally omitted from the "See also:

• BRITISH

British Catalogue," and a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

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 See also:

• JANUARY

January 1800, of 2500 nebulae discovered by her brother . In 1828 the Astronomical Society, tc See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark their sense of the benefits conferred on See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science by such a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of laborious exertions, unanimously resolved to See also:

• PRESENT

present her with their See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal, and in 1835 elected her an honorary member of the society .

In 1846 she received a gold medal from the king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . She died on the 9th of January 1848 . See The Memoir and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline Herschel, by Mrs See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Herschel (1876) .