Background
SOMERVILLE, William was born in 1860. Son of Robert Somerville, Justice of the Peace, of Cormiston, Lanarkshire.
SOMERVILLE, William was born in 1860. Son of Robert Somerville, Justice of the Peace, of Cormiston, Lanarkshire.
Studied at Royal High School, Edinburgh. Universities of Edinburgh (Bachelor of Science) and Munich (Doctorate.CEc.). Honourable Master of Arts Cambridge and Oxford, and Doctor of Science Durham Universities.
Lecturer on Forestry, Edinburgh University, 1889-1891. Professor of Agriculture and Forestry, Durham College of Science, 1891-1899. Professorial Fellow of King"s College and Professor of Agriculture, Cambridge University 1899-1901.
Assistant Secretary of The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1902-1906: Member of the Royal Commission on Coast Erosion and Afforestation.
F. Royal Society of Edinburgh,Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy, and Fellow of Saint John's College in the University of Oxford.
Fellow of the Linnean Society. Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.
Spouse 1888, Margaret Eliza, 4thdaughter of George Gaukroger, Justice of the Peace