Alfred Barker (doctor)
Alfred Barker | |
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| Born | Alfred Charles Barker 5 January 1819 |
| Died | 20 March 1873 (aged 54) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Other names | Syphax |
| Occupation(s) | Doctor, Photographer |
| Relatives | Esther Hope (granddaughter) |
Alfred Charles Barker (1819–1873) was a New Zealand medical doctor and photographer.
Barker was born on 5 January 1819 at Hackney, London in England. Barker was the fifth child of Joseph Gibbs Barker and Sarah Pritchett Bousfield. He studied medicine at King's College, London.[1] He and his wife Emma (née Bacon) arrived at Lyttelton on the Charlotte Jane on 16 December 1850 and settled in Christchurch, where they had five children.[1]
Barker died on 20 March 1873 and was buried in the Barbadoes Street Cemetery.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Turner, John B. "Alfred Charles Barker". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Dr Alfred Charles Barker, photographer, 1819–1873". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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