| Authorised form of name | Somerville; William (1771 - 1860) |
| Dates | 1771 - 1860 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 22 April 1771 |
| Place of death | Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
| Date of death | 25 June 1860 |
| Occupation | Physician; Surgeon |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1800, King's College, Aberdeen)
Career:
Surgeon in the Army; garrison surgeon to Cape Town on it capture by the British (after 1795); served on an expedition to the Mediterranean (1805; served in Canada (1807-1811); head of Army Medical Department, Scotland (1813) and lived there (until 1816); moved to London; Physician, Chelsea Hospital; wintered abroad (after 1838)
Memberships:
LRCP (1817)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/12/1817 |
| Relationships | Son of Thomas Somerville; married (1812) his cousin Mrs Greig (nee Fairfax), better known as Mary Somerville, scientific writer; stepfather of Woronzow Greig (FRS 1833) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/72172291 |
| Code | NA3435 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/005349 | Sommerville, William | 1991 |
| L&P/12/95 | Paper, 'On the structure of 'Hottentot' [Khoikhoi] women' by William Somerville | 1805 |
| L&P/12/95/1 | Paper, 'On the structure of 'Hottentot' [Khoikhoi] women' by William Somerville | 1805 |
| EC/1817/14 | Somerville, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/137 | Letter from William Somerville to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] | 15 August 1834 |
| MS/257/4/225 | Letter from William Somerville, Florence to Edward Sabine | 9 May 1857 |