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Mary Somerville [née Fairfax]
(1780-1872)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872
NRA:    Somerville, Mary (1780-1872), science writer and mathematics expositor
DNB:    Somerville [née Fairfax; other married name Greig], Mary (1780-1872), science writer and mathematics expositor
LBT ID: MaSomer1872    VIAF ID: 27288356    LOC ID: n83067177		B/BAP:   1780-12-26
DIED:   1872-11-29
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Mathematician and science writer, daughter of Admiral William George Fairfax (1739-1813) and friend of Ada Byron; she spent her later years in Italy. She was twice married.
CORRESPONDENCE OF Mary Somerville [née Fairfax]:
Mary Somerville to John Murray, 13 January 1831 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)
Mary Fairfax Somerville to John Murray, 2 April 1833 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)
Mary Fairfax Somerville to John Murray, 4 February 1834 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)
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