Somerville

[ suhm-er-vil ]

noun

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

Somerville

/ ˈsʌməvɪl /

noun

1. SomervilleMary17801872FBritishWRITING: science writer 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

Somerville

/ sŭm′ər-vĭl′ /

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Mary Somerville, 77, Stephen Simpson, 71, and Phillipa Green, 24, are each charged with two counts of damaging the frames of Sunflowers 1889 and Sunflowers 1888 by dousing the artwork in soup.

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Mr Simpson, of Shipley, West Yorkshire, and Ms Somerville, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, attended court in person, while Ms Green, from Penryn in Cornwall, appeared by video link.

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Stephen Simpson, 61, and Mary Somerville, 77, both of Bradford, West Yorkshire, and Phillipa Green, 24, of Penryn, Cornwall, were arrested at the scene on Friday.

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Lynne Somerville, of Balloch and Haldane Community Council, said it would "go against the very will of the people who live in the area".

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Ms Somerville said the UK government decision led to a £160m cut in Scottish funding and that they have been left with "no choice" but to follow Westminster.

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