William Somerville ( 1771 - 1860 )

Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland (22 April 1771) Death: Florence, Tuscany, Italy (25 June 1860) Profession: 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) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 11/12/1817.