Mary Somerville

GPTKB entity

Properties (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mathematician
writer
scientist
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society_Gold_Medal
Honorary_member_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
Honorary_member_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1780-12-26
gptkbp:birthPlace Jedburgh, Scotland
gptkbp:contribution advocating for women's education
popularizing science
writing biographies of scientists
gptkbp:deathDate 1872-11-29
gptkbp:education self-taught
gptkbp:field mathematics
science
literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mary Somerville
gptkbp:influenced scientific community
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ada_Lovelace
gptkb:John_Playfair
gptkb:Charles_Babbage
gptkbp:knownFor astronomy
mathematics
scientific writing
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Somerville_College,_Oxford
gptkb:Somerville_Medal
gptkb:Mary_Somerville_Prize
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableWork Physical Geography
Mechanism of the Heavens
On_the_Connexion_of_the_Physical_Sciences
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Italy
gptkb:London,_England
gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:William_Somerville