Caroline Lucretia Herschel
1750 - 1848
Personal Information
Born: 1750
Died: 1848
Professional Life
with Mary Somervile (already on our list) was the 1st woman elected to the Royal Astronomical Society (1835); discovered several comets including 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, 1797P1Bouvard-Herschel; was the 1st female to discover a comet; using a telescope discovered 3 nebulae in 1783 & is credited with helping to discover Uranus. >