Mary Somerville

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mary_Somerville

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:person gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:awardReceived	Royal Astronomical Society honorary member Royal Geographical Society honorary member
gptkbp:birthDate	1780-12-26
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Jedburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:English_Cemetery,_Naples
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Martha_Charters_Somerville gptkb:Woronzow_Greig
gptkbp:deathDate	1872-11-29
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Naples,_Italy
gptkbp:describedBy	Queen of Nineteenth Century Science
gptkbp:education	self-taught
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:mathematics science communication
gptkbp:gender	female
gptkbp:honor	Somerville College, Oxford named after her Somerville Island (Arctic) named after her Somerville crater on the Moon named after her
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mary Somerville
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Ada_Lovelace
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:mathematics science writing
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French gptkb:Latin English
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:nationality	Scottish
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:On_the_Connexion_of_the_Physical_Sciences gptkb:Personal_Recollections,_from_Early_Life_to_Old_Age gptkb:Physical_Geography gptkb:The_Mechanism_of_the_Heavens
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:scientist gptkb:writer
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:London gptkb:Naples gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:signature	Mary Somerville signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Samuel_Greig gptkb:William_Somerville
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:Mary_Somerville_Medal_and_Prize Somerville College, Oxford (named in her honor)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ada_Lovelace gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3