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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Cappe
Forenames	Robert
Epithet	Physician
Dates	d 1802
Gender Identity	Male
History	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
Relationships	Youngest son of Mr Cappe, a dissenting minister of York who married Catherine Harrison in 1788
Source	Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs Catherine Cappe, printed in London, 1822
Authorised Form of Name	Cappe; Robert (d 1802); Physician

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