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Mary Somerville

Mary Fairfax

Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872).

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Statements about Mary Somerville

Place of Birth

Jedburgh
Country
:
Kingdom of Great Britain

Place of Death

Naples
Country
:
Kingdom of Italy

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Date of Birth

12/26/1780

Date of Death

11/28/1872

Occupation

Mathematician
Writer
Scientist
Physicist
Geologist

Instance Of

Human

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Given Name

Mary
Series Ordinal
:1

Described by Source

11 items
Nordisk Familjebok
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Somerville, Mary
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24482462
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Somerville, Mrs. Mary
Library of the World's Best Literature
Pioneers of Science and Technology
Page(s)
:38
A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Somerville, Mary
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Somerville, Mary
A Historical Dictionary of British Women
Page(s)
:404

Award Received

Patron’s Medal
 (1869)
Series Ordinal
:31
Follows
:
Gerhard Friedrich Rohlfs
Followed By
:
Francis Garnier
Point in Time
: 1869

Child

Woronzow Greig
Father
:
Samuel Greig Jr.
Martha Somerville
Father
:
William Somerville
Mary Charlotte Somerville
Father
:
William Somerville

Member Of

American Philosophical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
Accademia Pontaniana
Société De Physique Et D'histoire Naturelle De Genève
Royal Irish Academy

Field of Work

Popular Science
Mathematics

Family Name

Fairfax
 ( - 1804)
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Name at Birth
End Time
: 1804
Greig
 (1804 - 1812)
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Married Name
End Time
: 1812
Start Time
: 1804
Somerville
 (1812 - )
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Married Name
Start Time
: 1812

Spouse

William Somerville
 (1812 - 1860)
Series Ordinal
:2
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
End Time
: 1860
Start Time
: 1812
Samuel Greig Jr.
 (6/28/1804 - 1807)
Series Ordinal
:1
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
End Time
: 1807
Start Time
: 6/28/1804

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Name in Native Language

Mary Somerville

Student

Ada Lovelace

Sex or Gender

Female

Birth Name

Mary Fairfax

Place of Burial

English Cemetery, Naples
Image of Grave
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Image of Grave
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Coordinate Location
: 40.8585°N 14.2683°E

Writing Language

English

Father

William George Fairfax

Mother

Margaret Charters

Notable Work

On the Connection of the Physical Sciences
On Molecular and Microscopic Science
Mechanism of the Heavens
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