Sir William Somerville KBE FRSE LLD (1860 to 1932) was a Scottish agriculturalist. He is one of the few academics to have taught at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. He was twice President of the Arboricultural Society, from 1900 to 1901 and from 1922 to 1924.
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Defining ContributionFirst full-time Professor of Rural Economy at the University of Oxford, appointed 1906 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: William Somerville (agriculturalist)
Life, first paragraph, birth
on 30 May 1860 the son of Robert Somerville JP
Life, final paragraph, death
on 17 February 1932 aged 71 at
Lead sentence, nationality
was a 19th/20th century Scottish agriculturalist.
Life, fourth paragraph
He was the first full-time professor to hold this title.
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