Talk:Mary Somerville

message: "She also invented the commonly used variables from algebraic math."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.178.9.66 (talk) 19:37, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this sentence mean? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: A previous reviser had written that the Somerville Island off the coast of British Columbia was named after the subject of this article. THIS IS UNTRUE. Please note that the Somerville Island off the coast of British Columbia was named after a different Mary Somerville, daughter of Edward Somerville, by Captain Daniel Pender in 1862 (see Walbran, John T., British Columbia Coast Names: Their Origin and History, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1971). 
I added this information to the article, along with a reference to the correct island named after the subject of this article (the one in Nunavut, named by Parry in 1819), but a later reviser deemed the information about the BC island to be "random NPOV line at end of article", which they therefore removed. However, they failed to remove the reference to the Walbran work, which I've now done by moving it here. 
My interest in recording this is simply to avoid someone in the future making the same mistake of thinking the BC island was connected to this Mary Somerville, and re-inserting the incorrect information.  07:03, 20 November Jonathandore
:I see it is now the Barrow Strait island that is mentioned in the article. However, I have found Parry writing on 29 August 1820 "it was named after my friend Dr Somerville". So, I have a nasty feeling this may mean it was named after Mary's husband and cousin William Somerville (physician). I'll look into this more. To take some comfort for Mary, the lead of William Somerville (physician) does seem to suggest his greatest claim to fame was being married to his wife! Thincat (talk) 10:22, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Happily it seems I may have been wrong. She and Parry were good friends, so much so that she made marmalade for him to take on his voyages.  However, was she Dr. Somerville in 1820? And is it the same island as was named after her 1824? Thincat (talk) 13:16, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Which Somerville Island

message: The date of death is given as 28 of november in wikidata, sourced to the English Wikipedia. Could it have been a vandalized version read? How does wikidata get its data? And how can it be fixed? -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 12:56, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancy with wikidata. Vandalism? 

message: Many sources (e.g., Britannica) use Nov 29 as the day she died. We don't have a source for Nov 28 here. Does anyone know more? 80.71.142.166 (talk) 06:21, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death on November 28 or 29?