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.

References

  1. "John Walton Capstick". Trinity College Chapel. Retrieved 7 November 2018.


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