Background
Van Someren was born in Australia.
Van Someren was born in Australia.
He studied zoology at George Watson"s College Edinburgh University.
He was also a dentist. Van Someren moved to Kenya in 1912 and lived in Nairobi. He was in the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society and became Honorary Secretary.
In 1930 he became Curator of the Coryndon Museum.
Van Someren named a number of bird and butterfly species.
