Somerville

[suhm-er-vil]

noun

Mary Fairfax Greig [greg] /grɛg/, 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
a town in central New Jersey.

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Contemporary Examples of somerville

They lured Castucci to their headquarters, an office inside Marshall Motors, a garage at 14 Marshall Street in Somerville.
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T.J. English
July 22, 2013

Historical Examples of somerville

I am to live with my cousin, father's half sister in Somerville.
The Portygee
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Somerville went for the book, and at the place mentioned there it was.
Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville
I did nothing but paint in the mornings, and Somerville sat by me.
Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville
Somerville is Sir Francis Baldwin, the great authority on centipedes.
Tommy and Co.
Jerome K. Jerome
“To be followed by Greenwich Hospital in the afternoon,” suggested Somerville.
Tommy and Co.
Jerome K. Jerome

British Dictionary definitions for somerville

Somerville

noun

Mary, original name Mary Fairfax . 1780–1872, British scientific writer, author of Physical Geography (1848) and other textbooks. Somerville College, Oxford, was named after her

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somerville in Science

Somerville

[sŭm′ər-vĭl′]Mary Fairfax Greig 1780-1872

Scottish astronomer and mathematician who wrote expository works on mathematics, physical geography, microscopic science, and astronomy. Her writings explained complex scientific ideas to the general public through simple illustrations and experiments that the average reader could easily understand.