About Francis Barker
Lived 1773 – 1859 (aged 85–86). Francis Barker was an Irish physician.
Francis Barker (1773–1859) was an Irish medical doctor known for his work in tracking fever epidemics.
Life Born in Waterford, Barker was one of six children of William Barker (1731–88) and Elizabeth Barker (née Acheson). Barker was educated in Edinburgh during which time he got to know Sir Walter Scott.
Barker established what is believed to be the first fever hospital in Ireland in 1810. Barker's work with Cheyne highlighted the link between poverty and low hygiene standards in the spread of typhus in 1816–19.
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Irish doctor
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Francis Barker was born in 1773 in Waterford.
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Francis Barker died on 8 October 1859 in Dublin.
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Francis Barker was a physician.
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Francis Barker was Irish.
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