Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville : with selections from her correspondence,
Mary Somerville (1780-1872), astronomer, scientist and geographer, charts her life from childhood to old age, spanning over ninety years, through the Georgian and Victorian eras. She describes the contemporary prejudice she faced as a woman with a scientific mind, an intellectual who was viewed as a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
John Murray,
1873.
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| Series: | AM Scholar: Women's Studies.
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| Summary: | Mary Somerville (1780-1872), astronomer, scientist and geographer, charts her life from childhood to old age, spanning over ninety years, through the Georgian and Victorian eras. She describes the contemporary prejudice she faced as a woman with a scientific mind, an intellectual who was viewed as a social oddity, and her struggle to overcome such attitudes. |
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| Item Description: | "Collection: Women's Autobiographies"--Home page. "Original Microfilm Part: Part 2: Rare printed autobiographies covering twenty-two womens lives, 1780-1889"--Home page. "Original Microfilm Reel: 22"--Home page. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume (vi, 377 pages)). |