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

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in 1895. He graduated from Canterbury College with a master's thesis in 1931. He was married to

Gwen Somerset Gwendolen Lucy Somerset (née Alley, 16 November 1894 – 31 October 1988) was a New Zealand teacher, adult education director, educationalist and writer. Early life Somerset was born in Springfield, New Zealand in 1895. She was the second o ...

, also a notable educator.

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