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Not who you're looking for? Others named Mary Somerville: Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872) · UK merchant ship (1835–1852)
Mary Somerville, OBE (1 November 1897 – 1 September 1963) was the first Director of Schools Broadcasting at the BBC (1925–1949). She pioneered their school broadcasting program in the 1930s and 1940s, and later served as controller of the BBC Talks division.
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