People

Mary Somerville

1780 - 1872

Mary Fairfax (1780–1872), Mrs William Somerville, Writer on Science
Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

Mary Fairfax (1780–1872), Mrs William Somerville, Writer on Science 1834

Thomas Phillips (1770–1845)

National Galleries of Scotland

Science writer and polymath

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Artworks of Somerville, Mary

  • Mary Fairfax (1780–1872), Mrs William Somerville, Writer on Science
    Mary Fairfax (1780–1872), Mrs William Somerville, Writer on Science Thomas Phillips (1770–1845)
    National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait
  • Mary Somerville (1780–1872)
    Mary Somerville (1780–1872) James Rannie Swinton (1816–1888)
    Somerville College, University of Oxford
  • Mary Somerville (1780–1872)
    Mary Somerville (1780–1872) Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781–1841)
    The Royal Society
  • Mary Somerville (1780–1872)
    Mary Somerville (1780–1872) Lawrence MacDonald (1799–1878)
    Girton College, University of Cambridge
  • Mary Somerville (1780–1872)
    Mary Somerville (1780–1872) Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781–1841)
    Somerville College, University of Oxford
  • Mary Somerville (1780–1872)
    Mary Somerville (1780–1872) Lawrence MacDonald (1799–1878)
    Somerville College, University of Oxford
  • Mary Somerville (1780–1872), as a Young Woman
    Mary Somerville (1780–1872), as a Young Woman John Jackson (1778–1831)
    Somerville College, University of Oxford
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