| LC control no. | no2016048269 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Somerville, Mary, 1897-1963 |
| Associated country | New Zealand Scotland England Great Britain |
| Located | Oxford (England) Bath (England) |
| Birth date | 1897-11-01 |
| Death date | 1963-09-01 |
| Place of birth | New Zealand |
| Place of death | Bath (England) |
| Field of activity | Education Broadcasting Literature Education |
| Affiliation | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Profession or occupation | Educators Comptrollers Authors |
| Found in | The England that Shakespeare knew, 1928: cover (Mary Somerville) ODNB, viewed 1 March 2016 (Somerville, Mary (1897 - 1963); educationist and broadcasting executive; born in New Zealand on 1 November 1897; died at her home in Bath on 1 September 1963. Raised in Scotland. Attended Selkirk High School. Studied English literature at Somerville College) Wikipedia, viewed 6 April 2016 (Mary Somerville; Joined BBC in 1925, served as Director of Schools Broadcasting from 1929-1947. Controller of the Talks Division, B.B.C. from 1950-1955. First woman controller of a B.B.C. department; pioneered school broadcasting in Britain. Appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 1935. Married to R.P. Brown from 1928-1945; married Eric Rowan Davies in 1962.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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