Author talk:Robert Somervell

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Name: Robert. Somervell
College: KING'S
Entered: Michs. 1878
Born: 29 Sep 1851
Died: 13 Oct 1933

Adm. at KING'S, Oct. 12, 1878; re-adm. Oct. 1880. Eldest s. of Robert Miller, J.P., leather-merchant, of Hazelthwaite, Windermere. B. Sept. 29, 1851, at Kendal. School, Friends', Kendal. Matric. Michs. 1878; Scholar, 1882; (Hist. Trip., 1st Class, 1882); B.A. 1883; M.A. 1888. Assistant Master at Liverpool College, 1883-7; at Harrow, 1887-1911; Bursar, 1888-1919. Married, Jan. 2, 1883, Octavia Paulina, dau. of John Churchill, R. of Crowell, Oxon. Author, Protest against Railways in the Lake District; Letters to a Cambridge Freshman; Eternal Life; Lessons before School; Structure of Sentences. Died Oct. 13, 1933, at Sevenoaks; buried there. Brother of Arthur (1880) and Clifton (above). (Schoolmasters' Directories; King's Coll. Reg.; Harrow Sch. Reg.; The Times, Oct. 16 and 17, 1933.)