Person: Kirch, Maria Margarethe Winckelmann

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Maria Winckelmann was a German astronomer who helped her husband with his observations. She was the first woman to discover a comet.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 25 February 1670, Panitzsch, near Leipzig, Germany. Died 29 December 1720, Berlin, Germany.

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Astronomy, Origin Germany


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive