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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