Mary Somerville

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Scottish person astronomer human mathematician popularizer of science science writer

Mary Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and science writer whose work in popularizing and synthesizing scientific knowledge helped shape early modern mathematics and influenced figures like Ada Lovelace.

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Mary Somerville canonical 2
Mary Fairfax Somerville 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
popularizer of science ⓘ
science writer ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Astronomical Society honorary membership ⓘ
birthName Mary Fairfax ⓘ
burialPlace English Cemetery, Naples ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth Scotland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1780-12-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1872-11-29 ⓘ
educatedAt self-taught in mathematics ⓘ
familyName Fairfax ⓘ
Somerville ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
science communication ⓘ
fullName Mary Somerville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mary Fairfax Somerville
givenName Mary ⓘ
hasHonorificNameIn Somerville College, Oxford ⓘ
asteroid 5771 Somerville ⓘ
crater Somerville on the Moon ⓘ
influenced Ada Lovelace ⓘ
early Victorian scientific culture ⓘ
knownFor popularizing complex mathematical and astronomical ideas ⓘ
synthesizing contemporary scientific knowledge ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Irish Academy ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAs one of the first two female honorary members of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
one of the first women to be called a scientist in the modern sense ⓘ
notableWork On Molecular and Microscopic Science ⓘ
On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences ⓘ
Physical Geography ⓘ
The Mechanism of the Heavens ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
science writer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jedburgh ⓘ
Scottish Borders ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Naples ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Samuel Greig ⓘ
William Somerville ⓘ
translatedWork Mécanique céleste ⓘ
surface form: Pierre-Simon Laplace's Mécanique Céleste

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Ada Lovelace → influencedBy → Mary Somerville ⓘ
Somerville College, Oxford → namedAfter → Mary Somerville ⓘ
Mary Somerville → fullName → Mary Somerville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mary Fairfax Somerville