Born: March 16, 1750, Hannover
Died: Jan 9, 1848, Hannover
Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, who was the first important woman astronomer. Like her brother, Sir William Herschel, she was trained as a musician but became interested in astronomy after immigrating to England. She made many contributions and discovered eight comets and three nebulas. She received (1828) the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for completing, arranging and editing the star catalogues of her brother and of the British astronomer John Flamsteed.