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Authorised form of nameSomerville; William (1771 - 1860)
Dates1771 - 1860
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth22 April 1771
Place of deathFlorence, Tuscany, Italy
Date of death25 June 1860
OccupationPhysician; Surgeon
ActivityEducation:
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)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/12/1817
RelationshipsSon of Thomas Somerville; married (1812) his cousin Mrs Greig (nee Fairfax), better known as Mary Somerville, scientific writer; stepfather of Woronzow Greig (FRS 1833)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/72172291
CodeNA3435
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/005349Sommerville, William1991
MS/401/2Lending book of the Royal Society Library4 June 1830- 1 November 1837
L&P/12/95Paper, 'On the structure of 'Hottentot' [Khoikhoi] women' by William Somerville1805
L&P/12/95/1Paper, 'On the structure of 'Hottentot' [Khoikhoi] women' by William Somerville1805
EC/1817/14Somerville, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
MC/2/137Letter from William Somerville to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]15 August 1834
MS/257/4/225Letter from William Somerville, Florence to Edward Sabine9 May 1857
HS/16/383Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at 12 Hanover Square17 July 1826
HS/16/399Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea College26 November 1831
HS/16/403Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough3 November 1833
HS/16/386Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough7 October 1829
HS/16/388Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea College23 March 1830
HS/16/411Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Saplain [?] Lodge25 September 1831
HS/16/389Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea College7 July 1831
HS/16/395Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bognor29 September 1831
HS/16/384Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at 12 Hanover Square2 August 1826
HS/16/387Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea College23 February 1830
HS/16/405Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Hospital, Chelsea28 July 1837
HS/16/396Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough30 September 1831
HS/16/409Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Chester Terrace10 April 1848
HS/16/392Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea College14 September 1831
HS/16/390Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chelsea College16 July 1831
HS/16/410Letter, from William Somerville to Margaret Brodie Herschel1848-1-10 or later
HS/16/407Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Chester Terrace23 March 1848
HS/16/394Letter, from William Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bognor27 September 1831
HS/16/404Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Feldhausen17 July 1835
HS/16/391Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough29 July 1831
HS/16/402Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough2 April 1833
HS/16/408Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Collingwood26 March 1848
HS/16/401Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough11 March 1833
HS/16/397Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough30 September 1831
HS/16/393Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough16 September 1831
HS/16/385Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough4 August 1826
HS/16/400Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough27 March 1832
HS/16/406Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Collingwood6 March 1848
HS/16/398Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at Slough4 October 1831
HS/19/71Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at [Feldhausen]17 July 1835
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