Background
Somerville was descended from the ancient family of Somerville of Cambusnethan, a branch of the Somervilles of Drum, who were ennobled in 1424.
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William Somerville
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Education
He was educated as a surgeon, in which capacity he entered the army.
Career
He was the husband of eminent mathematician and scientist Mary Somerville. He was the eldest son of the Review Thomas Somerville, minister of Jedburgh.
He was sent to the Cape Colony, and present at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope.
He graduated doctor of medicine at Aberdeen 27 June 1800, and about 1813 was appointed head of the Army Medical Department in Scotland, when he settled in Edinburgh. In 1816 he was appointed one of the principal medical inspectors of the Army Medical Board of England.
He was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1817 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. He died at Florence on 25 June 1860, aged ninety-two.
Membership
Royal Society.
