Mary Somerville

GPTKB entity
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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