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 |
| Occupations | 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][2] 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]
He was registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Christchurch from 1854 until 1866 although he had given up his medical practice by 1859 as a result of a horse riding injury.[2][3] His medical practice was sufficiently lucrative to allow him to retire from medicine at the age of 39.[3] He owned a sheep station at Lake Coleridge and was a photographer, artist, architect, amateur geologist and botanist.[2]
He established himself as a prominent photographer in Christchurch documenting life in the city and its citizens.[3]
Barker died on 20 March 1873 and was buried in the Barbadoes Street Cemetery.[4]
Barker's photos are held in the Canterbury Museum.[3][5]
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External links
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- Dr Alfred Charles Barker | Cantage – Canterbury Heritage
- Open Calais – Person | Alfred Charles Barker
- Alfred Charles Barker | NZETC
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