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Caroline Herschel

1750 to 1848 4 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Caroline Herschel across 3 places, from 1782 to 1848. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Caroline Lucretia Herschel (16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German astronomer, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Caroline Herschel was documented, and when

1782year
Windsor Castleattested “Caroline was asked to move from the high culture of Bath to the relative backwater of Datchet in 1782, a small town near Windsor Castle where William would be on hand to entertain royal guests.” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel
August 1799month
Greenwichattested “In August 1799, Caroline was independently recognized for her work, when she spent a week in Greenwich as a guest of the royal family.” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel
1822year
Hanoverattested “After her brother died in 1822, Caroline was grief-stricken and moved back to Hanover, Germany, continuing her astronomical studies to verify and confirm William's findings and producing a catalogue of nebulae to assist her nephew John H…” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel
9 January 1848exact date
Hanoverattested “Caroline Herschel died peacefully in Hanover on 9 January 1848.” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel

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Places Caroline Herschel is documented in

Hanover2 presences · 1822 to 1848Greenwich1 presence · 1799Windsor Castle1 presence · 1782

Other places tied to Caroline Herschel in the record

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15 August 1772exact date
Hanovermentioned “Caroline eventually left Hanover on 15 August 1772 after her brothers intervened with their recalcitrant mother.” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel
1798year
Royal Societymentioned “In 1798 Caroline presented to the Royal Society an index to John Flamsteed's observations, together with a catalog of 560 stars omitted from the British Catalogue and a list of the errata in that publication.” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel
1825year
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanitiesmentioned “In 1825, Caroline donated the works of Flamsteed to the Royal Academy of Göttingen.” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel
1825year
Royal Academymentioned “In 1825, Caroline donated the works of Flamsteed to the Royal Academy of Göttingen.” source: Wikipedia: Caroline Herschel

Documented at the same place, the same year

William HerschelDatchet · 1782

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