# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-somerville
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:44:14.694Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-somerville"
name: "Mary Somerville"
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description: "Mary Somerville was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society."
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birthDate: "1780-12-26"
deathDate: "1872-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump