Daniel Fowler Cappell
Prof Daniel Fowler Cappell CBE FRSE LLD (28 February 1900 – 13 February 1976) was a leading Scottish physician and pathologist. He was a leading academic and also acted as pathologist to several prominent Scottish hospitals.[1]
Life
He was born in Hillhead, Glasgow on 28 February 1900, the son of Robert Cappell, a pharmacist, and his wife Annabella Fowler. His early education was at Hillhead High School and Glasgow Academy, where he was dux.[2]
He studied Medicine and Pathology at Glasgow University graduating in 1921. He continued at the university as an assistant in the Pathology Department and was awarded a MD in 1929. He became a lecturer in 1928 and in 1931 received a professorship at St Andrews University. In 1945 he returned to Glasgow University as Professor of Pathology and continued there until 1967.[3]
In 1958, he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. St Andrews University awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1966. He retired to Edzell in Aberdeenshire.[2]
Fowler Cappell died in Stracathro Hospital near Brechin, Aberdeenshire on 13 February 1976.
Family
In 1927 he married Isabella Audrey Griffin. They had no children.
Publications
- The Blood Group Rhesus (1946)
Positions held
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1946)
- Member of the British Society of Haematology
- Member of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
References
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Daniel Fowler Cappell". Munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. 1976-02-13. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ a b "Daniel Fowler Cappell - 2005 - The Journal of Pathology - Wiley Online Library". Onlinelibrary.wiley.com. 2005-06-14. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ "Former Fellows of the Royal ?Society of Edinburgh : 1783 - 2002" (PDF). Royalsoced.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
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