Charlotte Murchison
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Charlotte, Lady Murchison was a British geologist born in Hampshire, England. She was married to the nineteenth-century geologist Roderick Impey Murchison.
Charlotte Murchison in 1860
Lithographic Sketch, Dudley from Wren's Nest, by Murchison from her husband's book The Silurian System, 1839
Mary Somerville
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Mary Somerville was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Ro
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…fever. Although she recovered, the effects of the illness persisted throughout her life. While in Rome, the Murchisons became lifelong friends with Mary Somerville (1780–1872), who would later write of them in her autobiography, describing Charlotte as "an amiable accomplished woman, [who] drew prettily and – what…
Portrait of Mary Somerville by Thomas Phillips, 1834
Vice-Admiral William Fairfax; Mary's father, painted in 1798
View of the City of Edinburgh by Alexander Nasmyth. Mary spent the winters in Edinburgh and attended Nasmyth's academy.
Commemorative medal of Mary Somerville