Mary Somerville collection

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Mary Somerville collection

1800s, 1997-1999

https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9fb62

The collection (1800s, 1997-1999) contains biographical information and a handwritten dinner invitation written by Mary Somerville sometime in the nineteenth century.

.21 linear feet (1half-document box)

eng, Latn

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8180190

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t2j3m (person)

Mary Somerville (born Mary Fairfax) was born to William George and Margaret Fairfax on December 26, 1780 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Mary became interested in mathematics while a teenager. She married Samuel Greig in 1804. Greig was a naval officer and died after 3 years of marriage. Mary then married William Somerville in 1812, who was an inspector of hospitals. Mary Somerville's first major work was a translation of the mathematician Laplace's book Mécanique Céleste. In the t...