Victor Van Someren

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Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1886 in Melbourne – 24 July 1976) was a zoologist and entomologist. Van Someren was born in Australia. He attended George Watson's College and studied zoology at University of Edinburgh.^{[citation needed]} He was also a dentist.^[1] Van Someren moved to Kenya in 1912^[1] and lived in Nairobi. He was in the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society and became Honorary Secretary.^[2] In 1930 he became Curator of the Coryndon Museum.^{[citation needed]} Van Someren named a number of bird and butterfly species.^{[citation needed]}

Species named after him include the fish Labeobarbus somereni.^{[citation needed]}