Sunday, 2 February 2020

Mary Somerville

Google Doodle is today paying tribute to the eminent Scottish scientist, Mary Somerville, after whom Somerville College, Oxford, is named. Her brother, Sir Henry Fairfax, recorded arms in 1836 in memory of their father who had fought at the Battle of Camperdown.



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