Person Somerville; William (1771 - 1860) Somerville William 1771 - 1860 British Male Edinburgh, Scotland 22 April 1771 Florence, Tuscany, Italy 25 June 1860

Physician; Surgeon 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) 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) Fellow 11/12/1817 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Apr 1771 - 25 Jun 1860 NA3435 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/72172291 04b6d513-fa33-4c4f-a5c9-1d538a6c2efc