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Mary Somerville

Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872)

Mary Somerville was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society.

26 December 1780

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