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Apart from the Royal Astronomical Society, which other organization did she serve as president?
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In addition to serving as president of the Royal Astronomical Society, Mary Somerville was also president of the Institute of Physics. The Institute of Physics is a professional body for physicists in the United Kingdom, and Somerville was its president from 1874 to 1875.
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