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Somerville

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Som·er·ville  (smr-vl)
A city of eastern Massachusetts, a residential and industrial suburb of Boston. Population: 74,600.
Somerville, Mary Fairfax Greig 1780-1872.
British mathematician and astronomer whose Physical Geography (1848) won her international acclaim. The first women's college at Oxford University was funded by and named after her.
Somerville [ˈsʌməvɪl]
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(Biographies / Somerville, Mary (1780-1872) F, British, WRITING: science writer) Mary, original name Mary Fairfax. 1780-1872, British scientific writer, author of Physical Geography (1848) and other textbooks. Somerville College, Oxford, was named after her


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Lord Somerville, speaking of what breeders have done for sheep, says:- 'It would seem as if they had chalked out upon a wall a form perfect in itself, and then had given it existence.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Somerville and frequenting the Royal Institution; others were severe and Evangelical, and held by Exeter Hall.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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