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Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet KCVO FRS FRCP, D.Sc. (4 November 1845 – 15 January 1945) was a British royal physician, known for his research on infantile scurvy. Barlow was the son of a Lancashire cotton manufacturer and Mayor of Bolton, James Barlow (1819–1887). The family were well known as philanthropists in their home village of Edgworth, Lancashire where they funded charities connected with the Methodist church including the Children's Home. He studied as an undergraduate at Manchester and London. University College London (UCL) Bachelor of Medicine (BM) in 1873 and Doctor of Medicine (MD) 1874. He became a registrar at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and later a physician and in 1899 a consultant. He was professor at the UCL from 1895 to 1907, initially of paediatrics and later of clinical medicine. In 1883, he showed that infantile scurvy was identical with adult scurvy. ''Barlow's disease'' – infantile scurvy – is named after him. He was Royal Physician to Queen Victoria and attended her on her death, and to King Edward VII and King George V. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in March 1901, and in February 1902 he was created a Baronet, of Wimpole Street in St Marylebone in the County of London. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1910–1914 and delivered their Harveian Oration in 1916 on the subject of ''Harvey, The Man and the Physician''. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1918.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf )〕 Barlow married Ada Helen Dalmahoy, daughter of Patrick Dalmahoy, on 28 December 1880. They had the following children: * Sir James Alan Noel Barlow, 2nd Bt. (1881–1968), who married Emma Nora Darwin, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin (see Darwin — Wedgwood family). * Sir Thomas Dalmahoy Barlow (1883–1964) * Patrick Basil Barlow (23 October 1884 – 18 January 1917), killed in the First World War〔(CWGC :: Casualty Details ) at www.cwgc.org〕 * Helen Alice Dorothy Barlow (4 May 1887 – 16 September 1975), died unmarried - see ''Re Barlow's Will Trusts''. * Gertrude Mary Barlow (August 1888 – 22 July 1889), died in infancy Barlow received the honorary degree Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from the Victoria University of Manchester in February 1902, in connection with the 50th jubilee celebrations of the establishment of the university. Barlow's papers are preserved in the archive of the Wellcome Library.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue )〕 ==Death== He died 15 January 1945 at 10 Wimpole Street, London〔Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue〕 aged 99. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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