David Campbell

Sir David Campbell MC FRSE (1889–1978) was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. He was Professor of Materia Medica at Aberdeen University from 1930 to 1959. He won the Military Cross in 1918 due to his bravery serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Life He was born in Patna, East Ayrshire in south-west Scotland on 6 May 1889, the son of Agnes Smith Campbell, a seamstress. His father, Stewart Campbell, was a teacher, but died either before David was born or soon after, leaving the family in difficult financial circumstances. However, David’s brilliant mind compensated for other factors. He won a scholarship to Ayr Academy and then won a further scholarship to Glasgow University to study Mathematics and Physics. He qualified MA and BSc in 1911. He then decided to continue in studies, and studied Medicine and Pharmacology, still at Glasgow University, qualifying MB ChB in 1916.