# Duncan Sommerville

> Duncan MacLaren Young Sommerville (1879-1934) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He compiled a bibliography on non-Euclidean geometry and also wrote a leading textbook in that field. He also wrote Introduction to the Geometry of N Dimensions, advancing the study of polytopes. He was a co-founder and the first secretary of the New Zealand Astronomical Society.

*Scottish mathematician (1879-1934)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Born:** 1879-11-24
- **Died:** 1934-01-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

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