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16 March 1750 in Hanover which was part of the Holy Roman Empire but is now Germany. However, she lived for much of her life in England, first in Bath and then near Windsor. She died in Hanover in 1848 aged 97.<\/p>\n
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She discovered several comets and charted astronomical objects. Using her telescope, she detected three nebulae in 1783, and in 1786 she became the first woman to discover a comet. She also created a system of categorising comets and other objects in space, which is still used today.<\/p>\n
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When she was 10, Caroline got typhus and Smallpox which stopped her from growing. She never grew taller than 4 feet 3 inches. She also couldn\u2019t see very well out of her left eye. Her family assumed that she would never marry and her mother felt it was best for her to train to be a housemaid and not study anything complicated.<\/p>\n
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