Douglas Maurice MacDowell, FRSE, FBA (8 March 1931–17 January 2010) was a British classical scholar.
His early career was as a teacher, first in the British Army as part of his national service and then at two private school.
[2] He was educated Elgin Academy, Moray and Madras College, St Andrews (while his father was posted to Scotland with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War) and then at Highgate School in London.
[2] He achieved a fist class in both Mods and Greats,[3][4] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1954.
[1] MacDowell was originally discouraged from entering academia and so he sat the civil service exam: he failed the interview section.
[1] In 1991 MacDowell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), Scotland's national academy.