Person DS/UK/2995 Cappe; Robert (d 1802); Physician Cappe Robert d 1802 Physician Male

He graduated in medicine from Edinburgh in 1797; after initially practising in London, he moved to York in 1798; he was an early advocate for the use of inoculation against smallpox in 1800; he was appointed in 1801 as Physician to The Retreat, an institution run by the Society of Friends (Quakers) for the reception of insane persons; suffering from ill health, he left England to go to Italy for the cure but died en route at sea on 16 Nov 1802 Youngest son of Mr Cappe, a dissenting minister of York who married Catherine Harrison in 1788 Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs Catherine Cappe, printed in London, 1822 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes staff 26/10/2018 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 28/05/2020 842729b0-a91b-4937-adbe-57485206dadd