Person Barlow; Sir; Thomas (1845 - 1945); physician Barlow Thomas Sir physician 1845 - 1945 British Male Brantwood Fold, Edgworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, England 04 September 1845 18450904 10 Wimpole Street, London, England 15/01/1945 19450115

Bloomsbury, London; 10 Wimpole Street, London

physician Pathology Medicine Disease Education: Owens College, Manchester; MD (Lond); Hon DSc (Vict); Hon LLD (Aberdeen) Career: Appointed house physician to Sir William Jenner (FRS 1864) at University College Hospital (1870); appointed medical registrar at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London (1874); then assistant physician (1875); promoted to full physician (1885) from which position he retired in 1899; assistant physician at Charing Cross Hospital (1875–7) and of the London Hospital (1877–80) before returning to University College Hospital in 1880 as assistant physician where he served as full physician until his retirement in 1910; held the Holme chair of medicine (1895-1907); was staff of the London Fever Hospital (1884-1888); appointed physician to the royal household (1896); physician-extraordinary to Queen Victoria (1899-1901); continued to hold court appointments under Edward VII and George V. Membership: National Temperance League (President 1923-1930) RCP (President 1910-1914) Honours: Bt 1900; KCVO 1901 Parents: James Barlow (1821–1887) of Greenthorne, Edgworth, who established the cotton mills of Barlow and Jones at Edgworth and Bolton, and Alice (d. 1888), daughter of James Barnes, also of Edgworth. Spouse: Ada Helen (1843–1928), daughter of Patrick Dalmahoy, writer to the signet, of Edinburgh. Children: Sir (James) Alan Noel Barlow (1881–1968); the second was Sir Thomas Dalmahoy Barlow (1883–1964); and the third, Patrick Basil (1884–1917), died on the western front during the First World War; Helen Alice Dorothy Barlow (4 May 1887 – 16 September 1975), with her father, she was a member of the London Survey Committee, a voluntary organisation publishing architectural surveys of the capital; Gertrude Mary Barlow (August 1888 – 22 July 1889), died in infancy. Best known for his original researches on scurvy in infants and young children. Royal physician. Fellow 06/05/1909 64 Silvanus Phillips Thompson; William Matthew Flinders Petrie; Joseph Wilson Swan; Joseph Lister; Michael Foster; Jonathan Hutchinson; John Charles Dalrymple Hay; Frederick William Pavy; Robert Bellamy Clifton George Carey Foster; Walter Frank Raphael Weldon; Henry Enfield Roscoe; Arthur William Rucker; John Rose Bradford; John Wolfe Barry; John Gray McKendrick; William Thomson; William Crookes; Patrick Manson Davi Ferrier; Philip Henry Pye-Smith; Victor Horsley; Sidney Harris Cox Martin; Frederick Walker Mott; Henry Charlton Bastian; Thomas George Bonney; Lauder Brunton; William R Gowers; John Scott Burdon Sanderson Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 159-167, plate, by T R Elliott References: Vanity Fair 12 April 1906 Barlow T, IM000215.jpg ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1945.0010 RCN 26482 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH535 4 Sep 1845 - 15 Jan 1945 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 20/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5906 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/51683416 b9d7ce0c-7ffc-48f1-bc4e-90abb00dfb13