Background
He was born in Hillhead, Glasgow on 28 February 1900, the son of Robert Cappell, a pharmacist, and his wife Annabella Fowler.
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Daniel Cappell
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Education
He studied Medicine and Pathology at Glasgow University graduating in 1921.
Career
He was a leading academic and also acted as pathologist to several prominent Scottish hospitals. His early education was at Hillhead High School and Glasgow Academy, where he was dux. He continued at the university as an assistant in the Pathology Department and was awarded a Doctor of Medicine in 1929.
He became a lecturer in 1928 and in 1931 received a professorship at Street Andrews University.
In 1945 he returned to Glasgow University as Professor of Pathology and continued there until 1967. In 1958, he was awarded a Commander of the British Empire.
Street Andrews University awarded him an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws) in 1966. He retired to Edzell in Aberdeenshire.
Fowler Cappell died in Stracathro Hospital near Brechin, Aberdeenshire on 13 February 1976.
They had no children. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1946).
Membership
Member of the British Society of Haematology
Member of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
