| Authorised form of name | Wolfe-Barry; Sir; John Wolfe (1836 - 1918) |
| Other forms of name | John Wolfe Wolfe- |
| Other forms of surname | Barry |
| Dates | 1836 - 1918 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 07 December 1836 |
| Place of death | Delahay House, 15 Chelsea Embankment, London |
| Date of death | 22/01/1918 |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Activity | Education:
Kings College, London; pupil of Sir John Hawkshaw (FRS 1855)
Career:
Undertook railway engineering work, London; engineer for Blackfriar's Bridge, London; built Tower Bridge, London (completed 1894);
Honours:
KCB 1897; CB
Memberships:
British Engineering Standards Association (a founder member, 1901-2)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/06/1895 |
| Relationships | Youngest son of Sir Charles Barry (FRS 1849); married (1874) Rosalind Grace, daughter of Rev Evan Edward Rowsell of Hambledon, Surrey, and his wife Anna Maria; assumed addition surname of Wolfe (1898) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1917-1918 vol 94 pp xxxv-xxxviii, plate, signed by W C U
References:
Vanity Fair 26 January 1905 |
| Code | NA6258 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1895/03 | Wolfe-Barry, Sir John Wolfe: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/000277 | Wolfe Barry, Sir John | nd |
| NLB/55/595 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to F.A. Wolfe-Barry, Esq., 2 Queen Anne's Gate | 20 June 1918 |
| NLB/40/720 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Francis Fox | 23 July 1909 |
| NLB/28/83 | Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison] to Sir John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 January 1904 |
| NLB/13/169 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 June 1896 |
| NLB/14/181 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society, 23 Delahay Street, Westminster, S.W. | 18 January 1897 |
| NLB/17/345 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Sir Andrew Noble, Sir John Wolfe Wolfe-Barrey, Professor William Chandler Roberts-Austen, Dr Thomas Edward Thorpe, [Fellows of the Royal Society] | 15 October 1898 |
| NLB/21/577 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 December 1900 |
| NLB/20/762 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | [3 July 1900] |
| NLB/21/403 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 November 1900 |
| NLB/21/534 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 5 December 1900 |
| MC/19/44 | Letter from [John] Wolfe Barry, 23 Delahay Street, Westminster, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 5 January 1904 |
| NLB/28/51 | Copy letter from Robert Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 23 December 1903 |
| NLB/28/345 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 20 February 1904 |
| NLB/28/422 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to the Vice Chancellor, University, Oxford | 3 March 1904 |
| NLB/31/628 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 20 October 1905 |
| NLB/34/320 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 January 1907 |
| NLB/34/181 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 December 1906 |
| NLB/39/724 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir J [John] Wolfe Barry, KCB, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 February 1909 |
| NLB/40/704 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir J [John] Wolfe Barry KCB, FRS | 21 July 1909 |
| NLB/50/298 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 June 1914 |
| NLB/51/42 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Sir John Wolfe Barry KCB, FRS | 24 November 1914 |
| NLB/53/543 | Draft letter from unknown correspondent; to Lady Wolfe Barry | 5 February 1918 |
| MOB/018 | Dividers attributed to Christopher Wren | 1697 |
| IM/Maull/005056 | Wolfe Barry, Sir John | nd |
| NLB/17/485 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to the members of the National Physical Laboratory Committee as nominated | 4 November 1898 |
| NLB/33/842 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 November 1906 |
| MC/19/45 | Letter from [John] Wolfe Barry, 23 Delahay Street, Westminster, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 4 February 1904 |
| NLB/28/63 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Wolfe Barry, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 January 1904 |
| MC/19/46 | Note from [John Wolfe Barry], 23 Delahay Street, Westminster | 19 December 1904 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |
| NLB/44/754 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir J [John] Wolfe Barry, KCB, FRS | 3 November 1911 |
| MC/19 | Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1904 |