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Portrait of Mary Somerville

Mary Somerville (born Fairfax) (1780-1872), Scottish scientific writer, born in Jedburgh. After she was widowed in 1807she had the opportunity to study mathematics and astronomy and her second husband, whom she married in 1812, encouraged her intellectual pursuits. Her translation of "Mecanique Celeste" by Pierre Laplace, published as "The Mechanism of the Heavens" (1831) brought her fame. Shw supported female education and emancipation, and Somerville College, Oxford University, was named for her (1879). Engraving from "The Illustrated London News" (London, 14 December 1872). (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images).

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Title: Portrait of Mary Somerville

Caption: Mary Somerville (born Fairfax) (1780-1872), Scottish scientific writer, born in Jedburgh. After she was widowed in 1807she had the opportunity to study mathematics and astronomy and her second husband, whom she married in 1812, encouraged her intellectual pursuits. Her translation of "Mecanique Celeste" by Pierre Laplace, published as "The Mechanism of the Heavens" (1831) brought her fame. Shw supported female education and emancipation, and Somerville College, Oxford University, was named for her (1879). Engraving from "The Illustrated London News" (London, 14 December 1872). (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Image size: 4368 × 4801 px | 60.0 MB

Print size: 37.0 × 40.6 cm | 1719.7 × 1890.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 14.12.1872 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ANTERIOR VIEW • ART AND CRAFT • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMY • AUTHOR • B & W • B / W • B W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITISH CULTURE • CIENCIA • CITY OF LONDON • ELLIPSE • ENGRAVED IMAGE • FRONT VIEW • HEAD AND SHOULDERS • HEAD-ON VIEW • HEADDRESS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, THE • ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUE • LONDON CITY • LONDON • LONDON. • LOOKING AWAY • MATHEMATICS • MECANIQUE CELESTE • MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS, THE • NINETEENTH CENTURY • ONE PERSON • ONE WOMAN ONLY • PAST, THE • PIERRE LAPLACE • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • SAVANT • SCIENCE • SCIENCES • SCIENTIFIC • SCIENTIST • SOMERVILLE, MARY • STUDIO SHOT • TRANSLATOR • UIG HISTORY • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • XIX CENTURY