Crawford Somerset

Teacher, adult education director, university professor, writer

Hugh Crawford Dixon Somerset (29 August 1895 – 16 May 1968) was a notable New Zealand teacher, adult education director, university professor and writer. He was born in Belfast, North Canterbury, New Zealand in 1895.^[1] He graduated from Canterbury College with a master's thesis in 1931.^[2]

He was married to Gwen Somerset, also a notable educator.

References

^ Collinge, James. "Hugh Crawford Dixon Somerset". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Somerset, H. (1931). An experiment in rural adult education (being a socio-educational survey of an experiment conducted by the writer at Oxford, New Zealand) during the seven years 1924-1930 (Masters thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/9755. hdl:10092/4345.