Mary Somerville Collection
Dep. c. 351-378, Dep. b. 157, 205, 205*, 206 a-b, 207-209, 232 a-c, 233.
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Mary Somerville Collection
Shelfmark
Dep. c. 351-378, Dep. b. 157, 205, 205*, 206 a-b, 207-209, 232 a-c, 233.
Summary
Correspondence and papers of Mary Somerville (1780-1872), science writer and mathematics expositor, and of the Somerville and related families.
Date
[c.1700]-1972
Bulk, 1778-1879
Language
English
Physical extent
3.0 Linear metres
40 shelfmarks
Acquisition
Deposited at Somerville College by Sir Brian Fairfax-Lucy and transferred on deposit to the Bodleian Library in 1965. Ownership passed to Somerville College in 1994.
Subject
20th century
Mathematics
Science
19th century
Astronomy
18th century
See this collection
Connections
People associated with this object
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Somerville, Thomas, 1741-1830
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Somerville, William, 1771-1860
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Fairfax, Sir, William George, 1739-1813
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Greig, Woronzow, 1805-1865
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King, Ada Augusta, 1815-1852, mathematician
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Byron, Anne Isabella, 1792-1860, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron
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Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872
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King, William, 1805-1893
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Greig, Agnes, c.1808-1874, née Graham
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Fairfax, Sir, Henry, 1790-1860
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