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Maria Winkelmann

Maria Margarethe Winkelmann-Kirch (25 de febreru de 1670, Panitzsch^(es) – 29 d'avientu de 1720, Berlín).^[3]

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María Margarethe Winkelmann nació en Leipzig, nel estáu alemán de Saxonia. El so padre yera un ministru luteranu que creía que les muyeres teníen de ser educaes de la mesma manera que los homes, daqué bastante inusual na dómina. Maria foi una afortunada y gracies a l'actitú del so padre pudo ser educada nes artes y les lletres, tantu por él como pol so tíu.

Maria Winkelmann amosó un interés tempranu pola astronomía, polo que se convirtió n'estudiante, aprendiz y ayudante de Christopher Arnold, un astrónomu autodidacta que trabayaba como granxeru na ciudá de Sommerfeld. Esta situación yera bien habitual na Alemaña del sieglu XVII, na que la práctica de l'astronomía tenía llugar en bona midida fora de les universidaes. Ello ye que naquellos años, munchos de los grandes astrónomos nun estudiaron na universidá porque l'astronomía estudiábase muncho má

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History of Scientific Women

Maria WINCKELMANN-KIRCH

17th century

Fields:Astronomy, Mathematics

Born: 1670 in Beisch (Germany)
Death: 1720 in Berlin (Germany)

Main achievements: Co-discovery of the "Comet of 1702" (C/1702 H1).

Maria Margarethe Kirch (née Winckelmann; 25 February 1670 – 29 December 1720) was a German astronomer, and one of the first famous astronomers of her period due to her writings on the conjunction of the sun with Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter in 1709 and 1712 respectively.

Maria was educated from an early age by her father, a Lutheran minister, who believed that she deserved an education equivalent to that given to young boys of the time. After her father's death, her education was continued by her uncle. As Maria, had an interest in astronomy from an early age, she took the opportunity of studying with Christoph Arnold, a self-taught astronomer who worked as a farmer in Sommerfeld, near Leipzig. She became Arnold's unofficial apprentice and later his assistant, living with him and his family.

Through Arnold, Maria met ast

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Maria Winkelmann Kirch (1670 -1720)

A German astronomer, Maria was taught by her father and uncle, who believed that she deserved the equivalent education bestowed upon boys. Her interest in astronomy was nurtured and she studied with self-taught astronomer and farmer Christopher Arnold, for whom she eventually worked. Through Arnold, Maria developed a relationship with renowned astronomer and mathematician Gottfried Kirch. Despite being 30 years her senior, they married and raised four children who all grew up to study astronomy with their parents.

Maria and Gottfried worked together on observations and calculations, as well as weather observations, to produce calendars, ephemeredes and almanacs that were used for navigation. However, Maria was frequently seen as Gottfried’s assistant rather than an equal member of the team. But in 1702 Maria discovered her own comet (C/1702H1) and in doing so became the first woman to make such a discovery. Her husband confirmed the observation, and it is said that he exclaimed surprise to not have noticed it himself in his own observation