> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 735](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333874) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9882-1) LSID 9882-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21609199) QID Q21609199 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Somerville, Alexander (1842-1907), British (Scottish) malacologist and botanist at Glasgow; merchant in Calcutta for 15 years; B.Sc. Univ. Glasgow. **Abbreviated name**: *Somerville* \[standard form in IPNI: *Somerv.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection E|E]]-GL, [[Collection KCK|KCK]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 302; BB p. 283; BL 2: 232, 296, 718; BM 5: 1969; Clokie p. 247; CSP 18: 846; Desmond p. 573 (b. 25 Mar 1842, d. 5 Jun 1907); Tucker 1: 659. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 45: 288. 1907 (obit. not.); Hedwigia 47: (100). 1908 (d.); Nat. Nov. 29: 386. 1907 (d.); Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 23: 365-369. 1908 (obit., bibl.); Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow 8: 227-230. 1911 (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 157.3. 1980. - Druce, G.C., Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. 1907: 262-263. 1908 (obit. not.). - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 321. 1980. - Hill, J.R., Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 23: 365-359. 1908. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 120: 61. 1908 (obit. not.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 79. 1957 (coll.). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 247. 1984. - Lousley, J.E., Fl. Isles Scilly 83. 1972. - Praeger, R.Ll., Irish natural. 16: 240. 1907 (obit. not.).