People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Bill O'C
• Somerville, Alex

Birth

16 May, 1865
Mount Pleasant, South Australia, Australia

Death

2 September, 1944 (aged 79)
Wattle Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Scottish

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Occupation or Descriptor

• arts patron
• barrister
• playwright
• poet
• solicitor

Legacies

• Melrose prize (Royal South Australian Society of Arts)