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Somerville

American  
[suhm-er-vil] / ˈsʌm ərˌvɪl /

noun

  1. Mary Fairfax Greig 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.

  2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

  3. a town in central New Jersey.


Somerville British  
/ ˈsʌməvɪl /

noun

  1. Mary, original name Mary Fairfax . 1780–1872, British scientific writer, author of Physical Geography (1848) and other textbooks. Somerville College, Oxford, was named after her

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Somerville Scientific  
/ sŭmər-vĭl′ /
  1. Scottish astronomer and mathematician who wrote expository works on mathematics, physical geography, microscopic science, and astronomy. Her writings explained complex scientific ideas to the general public through simple illustrations and experiments that the average reader could easily understand.


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From Los Angeles Times

“You should be rebalancing when you feel least like rebalancing, and you should be buying when you feel least like buying,” said Sean Somerville, an investment advisor in Baltimore.

From Barron's

Rather than treating rebalancing as a mechanical exercise, Somerville encouraged investors to periodically reassess portfolios as if building them anew.

From Barron's

Heather Somerville is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco covering technology and national security.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shirley-Anne Somerville was asked on BBC Scotland's Sunday Show about plans to fill a £5bn shortfall by the end of the decade - as highlighted by Scotland's auditor general in October.

From BBC