blue plaque · Edinburgh

John Barlow

Professor John Barlow 1815-1856 Eminent Quaker scientist, Professor of Anatomy and Phsiology at The Royal Veterinary College, Edinburgh and highly respected member of the Edinburgh scientific community. Much loved member of the Religious Society of Friends, Husband of Eliza Nicholson (1813-1894) and father of Alfred (1851-1857), Mary Barlow (1853-1899) and leading Quaker pacifist and first manager of the Bournville Village Trust. John Henry Barlow (1855-1924) Lived here 1851-1856

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