Caroline Herschel: References & Edit History
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The best sources on Caroline Herschel are three short books by Michael Hoskin, Caroline Herschel’s Autobiographies (2003); The Herschel Partnership as Viewed by Caroline (2003); and The Herschels of Hanover (2007). Constance A. Lubbock, The Herschel Chronicle (1933), is still very useful.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publising - Notes and Records - Caroline Herschel: agency and self-presentation. | Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gresham College - Caroline Herschel:�Discoverer of Comets. | Oct 24, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Caroline Herschel. | Jun 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Biography of Caroline Herschel. | Jun 27, 2019 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 16, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Star Child - Biography of Caroline Herschel. | Apr 18, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Biography of Caroline Herschel. | Apr 18, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Biography of Caroline Herschel. | Apr 29, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Feb 26, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Caroline Lucretia Herschel. |
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Nov 23, 2006 | |
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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