Mary Somerville
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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MARY SOMERVILLE
TORI AND ELLEN
FACTS:
- SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 26 IN BURNTISLAND, SCOTLAND.
SUMMARY
- Born on December 26, 1780 in Burntisland Scotland
- Was self educated other than one year of formal schooling
- After marrying William Somerville, moved to London
- She died in Italy at the age of 92
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CHARACTER TRAITS
- Determined: makes you keep trying things
- Restless: wanted to do what she thought was right
- Disciplined: she made her own daily schedule
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INTERESTING STUFF
- She practiced piano for 4-5 hours per day
- One of the first women elected for the Royal Astronomical Society
- She had seven siblings
- Her uncle supported her in teaching herself Latin
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WHY?!
- She taught herself
- She wrote "Mechanisms of the Heavens"
- She also wrote three other scientific books
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