Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour
Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour MD LLD FRSE FRCPE (1856 - 1927) was a Scottish gynaecologist and noted medical author. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and co-author of the world-acclaimed Manual of Gynaecology.
Life
He was born in Edinburgh the youngest son of George Freeland Barbour of Bonskeid (1810-1887), a Director of the North British Railway, and Margaret Fraser Sandeman.[1]
He received an MA and BSc in Natural Science before then studying Medicine, all within Edinburgh University. He graduated MD in 1884 having won a gold medal for his thesis: On Spinal Deformity in relation to Obstetrics.
He was President of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh 1914 to 1916.
In later life he is listed as living at 4 Charlotte Square, an elite Edinburgh address.[2]
He died in Edinburgh and was buried in Dean Cemetery on the lower (concealed) south terrace.
Family
In 1889 he married Margaret Nelson Brown (1864-1930).
Their son George Brown Barbour (1890-1977) became a geologist,[3] spending much time in both America and China and is remembered as the discoverer of the Xiaochangliang site.
Publications
- The Anatomy of Labour (1889)
- Manual of Gynaecology (2 volumes) co-written with Dr David Berry Hart (1882)
- Gynaecological Diagnosis and Treatment, co-written with Prof B P Watson
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| Preceded by John Joseph Graham Brown |
President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1914–1916 |
Succeeded by William Russell |