Dr Alfred Daniell FRSE LLB (1853-1937) was a Welsh-born British advocate, remembered for his contributions to Physics. His textbooks have been into most European languages, and other languages from Afrikaans to Japanese. He was born in Llanelly in Wales the son of Mayler Daniell, an accountant in 1853.He studied at Edinburgh University graduating MA LLB in 1874. He received a BSc in 1878 and DSc in 1884. He lectured in Physics in Medicine at Edinburgh University. He was called to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1886. Daniell never married and had no children.