David Lindsay Maxwell was born in Nairn, Scotland, the eldest son of a Black Watch officer who died when David was 11, leaving him with a strong sense of responsibility for his mother and younger siblings. He was blessed with academic and natural athletic abilities, attributes he wore lightly, almost to the point that he felt embarrassed to have them. He had a happy school life, winning a scholarship to Eton College where he was also Captain of Boats. Before his medical training, he studied natural sciences then social and political sciences at Cambridge and, in both 1971 and 1972, rowed in its winning boat race crews and as one of the winning coxed pair at the national rowing championships. Notable also was his commitment to …

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大卫·林赛·麦克斯韦

大卫·林赛·麦克斯韦 (David Lindsay Maxwell) 出生于苏格兰奈恩，是一名黑色守卫军官的长子，他在大卫 11 岁时去世，这让他对母亲和弟弟妹妹产生了强烈的责任感。他拥有上天赐予的学术和天生的运动能力，但他对这些特质的表现却很轻淡，几乎到了让他感到尴尬的程度。他的学校生活很幸福，获得了伊顿公学的奖学金，并在那里担任船长。在接受医学培训之前，他在剑桥大学学习自然科学，然后学习社会和政治科学，并于 1971 年和 1972 年在剑桥赛艇队中获胜，并作为全国赛艇锦标赛获胜的有舵手之一。值得注意的是他对……的承诺