What is recorded here
Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville was born and killed in Castletownshend, County Cork, bookending a life spent measuring distant oceans before returning to the place that first gave him up. The town that made a navy officer also took him back, suggesting that some births are promises and some deaths are keepers of those promises.
Why this person is known: Royal Navy officer, hydrographic surveyor, and author (1863–1936)
- Birthplace
- Castletownshend
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Photo: Boyle Somerville (1863-1936) · Public domain