Somerville

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The name Somerville, when stated by itself, has several different meanings in the English language.

Contents 1 Institutions named Somerville 2 Places named Somerville 3 People named Somerville 4 Derivation of the name

[edit] Institutions named Somerville

• Somerville College, Oxford - a constituent college of the University of Oxford

[edit] Places named Somerville

• Somerville, Maine
• Somerville, Massachusetts
• Somerville, New Jersey
• Somerville, Ohio
• Somerville, Tennessee
• Somerville, Texas
• Somerville, Victoria
• Somerville Circle
• Somerville (crater), small lunar crater in the eastern part of the Moon.
• Somerville Lake, a reservoir near Somerville, Texas.
• Somerville Intermediate, Howick

[edit] People named Somerville

• William Somervile (1675-1742), English poet.
• Mary Somerville (1780-1872), British scientific writer, after whom Somerville College is named.
• John Somerville (1846-1919), Canadian church administrator.
• James Somerville (1882-1949), British Admiral during World War II.
• Kevin Somerville (b. 1954), Australian singer.
• Jimmy Somerville (b. 1961), Scottish pop singer
• Julia Somerville (b. 1961), ITN Newsreader
• Bonnie Somerville (b. 1974), American actress.
• John Somerville Debate author (Nuke War).
• Mark Somerville An associate professor of physics at Olin College.
• Walter Somerville A decorated former student of Onslow College.
• Edith Anna Somerville (1858-1949), Irish novelist.

See also William Somerville, for people sharing that name.

[edit] Derivation of the name

Sir Gualtier de Somerville was one of William the Conqueror's knights, who came over to England in 1066. The name most likely comes from "Saint Omer," a town about 20 miles south of Dunkerque in Normandy.

Clan Somerville is a dormant Scottish clan, see: Armigerous_clan

There are also places named Summerville and people named Sommerville.