John Barlow (veterinary scientist)
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| Born |
September 20, 1815 The Oaks, Chorley, Cheshire |
| Died | 29 January 1856 (aged 40) Pilrig Street, Edinburgh |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Veterinary surgeon |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza Nicholson |
| Children | Alfred, Mary, John Henry |
John Barlow is best known as a pioneer of veterinary studies and professor at Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is credited with being the first to introduce the microscope to the school and his many scientific papers which appeared in such publications as The North British Agriculturalist were and remain to this day the basis of much modern research. He came from an old Quaker family in Cheshire, England.
John Barlow was born on 20 September 1815 in Chorley near Alderley Edge in the old picturesque house known as The Oaks, which had been in the family for some 200 years. He was the oldest of seven children – three sons and four daughters – to another John Barlow (1789-1846) and his wife Deborah Neild (1790-1850). His father was a farmer and it was always assumed that as he grew up he too would help on the farm, but his love of the animals led him another direction.
He went first to the Quaker school Ackworth in South Yorkshire for four years, before for a while helping on the farm, where he became fascinated by the illnesses the animals were prone to. This interest eventually took him to Edinburgh in 1842 where he enrolled at Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Clyde Street. In 1844 he gained his diploma and was awarded various medals including the silver medal for the best paper submitted on ‘puerperal fever’ in cows.
He moved to Edinburgh and William Dick, founder and head of the veterinary college, realising his potential, took him on as assistant professor of anatomy and physiology and in 1855 as full professor. He was the first to introduce the microscope to the scientific studies at the school and his many scientific papers which appeared in such publications as The North British Agriculturalist were and remain to this day the basis of much modern research. He was a close friend of Joseph Lister and John Bright whom he was with at Ackworth.
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