Mary Somerville
Biographic Data
| ID | 3758490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Somerville |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Somerville |
| SIGNATURE | SOMERVILLE M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Physical geography
Mary Somerville
in English history.1 She could also be called the first English geographer, for she wrote the first textbook in physical geography in the English language. Her Physical Geography2 was published in 1848, three years after the first volume of von Humboldt's Cosmos3 appeared and before geography was recognized as a university discipline in Great Britain.4 Her remarkable life spanned almost a century, from 1780 to 1872. It was an exciting century for…
Mary Somerville
in English history.1 She could also be called the first English geographer, for she wrote the first textbook in physical geography in the English language. Her Physical Geography2 was published in 1848, three years after the first volume of von Humboldt's Cosmos3 appeared and before geography was recognized as a university discipline in Great Britain.4 Her remarkable life spanned almost a century, from 1780 to 1872. It was an exciting century for…
Mary Somerville
in English history.1 She could also be called the first English geographer, for she wrote the first textbook in physical geography in the English language. Her Physical Geography2 was published in 1848, three years after the first volume of von Humboldt's Cosmos3 appeared and before geography was recognized as a university discipline in Great Britain.4 Her remarkable life spanned almost a century, from 1780 to 1872. It was an exciting century for…
Physical geography
Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History of Science and Natural History (2 works) · Alexander von Humboldt Studies (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Astronomer (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (1 work)