Erasmus Darwin Barlow

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Erasmus Darwin Barlow,

physiologist
and businessman.

Born in London in 1915, he was the second son of Sir

Thomas Erasmus Barlow, a younger brother was Horace Barlow.[2]

He was educated at Marlborough College, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied Medicine. He also studied at University College London.[citation needed] He married Brigit Ursula Hope Black (known as Biddy), daughter of the author Ladbroke Black in 1938.[3] They had three children:

Barlow was senior lecturer and honorary consultant in psychological medicine at

MRC Department of Clinical Research, University College Hospital. He was chairman of the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering and an enthusiastic founding member of the Erasmus Darwin Foundation at Lichfield. He was also, at various times, chairman of the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company (CIC)[7][8] – the firm founded by his maternal grandfather,[9] and a director of CIC Investment Holdings, deputy chairman of George Kent Ltd and a director of Group Investors Ltd.[3]

Barlow published research papers in physiology and psychiatric medicine.[3] He was a Founder Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and its Secretary between 1980 and 1982.[10] In 2008 the society started the Erasmus Darwin Barlow Conservation Expeditions named in his honour.[11]

Barlow was a trustee for over 20 years of the

honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Sussex, who were bequeathed the Barlow Collection in 1968 on the death of Sir Alan.[12]

He became a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers in 1965 and was Master for 1976-77.

Barlow died in

renal failure
in 2005.

Selected publications

  • Barlow, E.D.; Pochin, E.E. (1948). "Slow recovery from ischaemia in human nerves". Clinical Science. 6 (44): 303–317.
    PMID 18904140
    .
  • Barlow, E.D.; Howarth, S. (1953). "Effects on blood pressure of ventricular asystole during Stokes-Adams attacks and acetylcholine injections". Br Med J. 2 (4841): 863–864.
    PMID 13094039
    .
  • PMID 13572932
    .
  • Barlow, E.D.;
    PMID 13658352
    .

References

  1. ^ "Darwins at The Savile"; paper given to The Savile Club, London by Jeremy Barlow
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition
  3. ^ a b c Cook, G C (30 March 2006). "Obituary Erasmus Darwin Barlow". The BMJ. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Home". jeremybarlow.co.uk.
  5. ^ ‘WHITWORTH-JONES, Anthony’, Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2010 ; online edn, Oct 2010 accessed 26 May 2011
  6. ISBN 978-1-58567-211-0
    .
  7. ^ "I back Cambridge". The Spectator. Vol. 220. 1968. p. 539.
  8. ^ The Consulting Engineer. Vol. 24. 1963. p. 207. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ISBN 978-0-85274-569-4
    .
  10. ISBN 978-0-00-217501-2
    .
  11. ^ "2008 ZSL Erasmus Darwin Barlow Conservation Expeditons". zsl.org. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Special degree ceremony". b u l l e t i n the University of Sussex newsletter. 7 March 1997. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Secretary of the
Zoological Society of London
1980–1982 		Succeeded by
John Guest Phillips

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