John Walton Capstick
John Walton Capstick OBE (31 August 1858 – 27 April 1937) was a Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Early life
Capstick was born in Lancaster, Lancashire and educated at the Friends' School, Lancaster, and Owens College, Manchester. He took a teaching post at the University of Dundee and entered Trinity as a sub-sizar in 1888. He was elected to sizarship in 1889 and to a scholarship in 1890.[1]
He is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge, with his wife Edith Capstick.
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References
- "John Walton Capstick". Trinity College Chapel. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- "Capstick, John Walton (CPSK888JW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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