Alfred Barker (doctor)

Alfred Charles Barker (1819–1873) was a New Zealand doctor and photographer.

Alfred Barker
Born
Alfred Charles Barker

(1819-01-05)5 January 1819
Hackney, London, England
Died20 March 1873(1873-03-20) (aged 54)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Other namesSyphax
OccupationDoctor, Photographer
RelativesEsther Hope (granddaughter)

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
  1. Turner, John B. "Alfred Charles Barker". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. "Dr Alfred Charles Barker, photographer, 1819–1873". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 27 April 2013.


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