GEORGE B. SOMERS, M.D

 

 

GEORGE B. SOMERS, M.D., whose office is at No. 46 O' Farrell street, San Francisco, was born in the city in 1862, the son of W. J. Somers, an early settler in California who was many years a prominent real-estate operator San Francisco.  The family are of Scotch descent, the grandfather having been brought to America by his parents in 1801, settling in Vermont, where there are now many representatives of the family.  George received his primary education in the public schools of San Francisco, graduating at the high school of this city in 1881.  He entered Harvard University in 1882, and graduated in 1886, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts.  He then commenced the study of medicine in the medical department of Harvard University, where he remained for one year, and at the end of that time returned to San Francisco, where he entered the Cooper Medical College, graduating at this institution in 1888, and receiving his degree as Doctor of Medicine.  Dr. Somers was at once appointed resident surgeon of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's Hospital at Sacramento, where he remained for one year, then entered into private practice of San Francisco.  He is a member of the County Medical Society of San Francisco and one of the collaborators of the "Occidental Medical Times".

 

 

Source: "The Bay of San Francisco" (and Its Cities And Their Suburbs) Vol 1. Lewis Publishing Company 1892. Page 443-444.

Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton.