Famous People with Name Somerville

Margaret Somerville            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Margaret Somerville: an Australian/Canadian ethicist and academic

Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville            Origin/Culture/Country: Ireland,

Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville: Geraldine Agnew-Somerville was born in County Meath, Ireland, the daughter of the retired financial expert, Sir Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet, and Margaret April Irene, Lady Agnew-Somerville (née Drummond), an antiques dealer, but was brou

Mary Somerville            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Mary Somerville: was a Scottish science writer and polymath, at a time when women's participation in science was discouraged. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and was the second woman scientist to receive recognition in the United Kingdom after Caroline Herschel.She was the daughter of Admiral Sir William George Fairfax, and was born at the manse of Jedburgh, in the Borders, the house of her mother's sister, wife of Dr Thomas Somerville (1741–1830), author of My Own Life and Times. In 1804 she married her distant cousin, the Russian Consul in London, Captain Samuel Greig, son of Admiral Samuel Greig. They had two children before Greig died in 1807, one of whom, Woronzow Greig became a barrister and scientist.

Julia Mary Fownes Somerville            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Julia Mary Fownes Somerville: is a TV news anchor and reporter, who has worked for BBC News and ITN.Julia Somerville was educated at Airthrie Preparatory School in Cheltenham and Headington School, a girls' independent school in Oxford. After graduating from Sussex University with a B

William Edgar Richard Somerville            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

William Edgar Richard Somerville: is a first class cricketer who played 3 matches for Otago, against Wellington in March 2005 and Canterbury and Northern Districts in March 2006. He also appeared for the New Zealand Academy in the 2005/06 season. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler