M. F. Tielemanm - Caroline Herschel (1829).Herschel was the first woman to be awarded a Gold Medal o
M. F. Tielemanm - Caroline Herschel (1829).Herschel was the first woman to be awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1828), and to be named an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society (1835, with Mary Somerville). She was also named an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy (1838). The King of Prussia presented her with a Gold Medal for Science on the occasion of her 96th birthday (1846). -- source link
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