Robert Barker
1729 - 1789
- Born
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c. 1729
St Anne's, Soho, London, England
- Died
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14 September 1789
Busbridge House
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 16/03/1775
- Occupation
- Army officer in the east india company and commander in chief in bengal
- Relationships
- Parents: Robert Barker MD (d. 1745), of Hammersmith, Middlesex, and Hannah Whitehead, born c.1732, in the parish of St Anne's, Soho, London. Spouse: Anne Hallows, only child of Brabazon Hallowes of Galpwell, Bolsover, Derbyshire (1780)
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
Author of
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Letter, 'Of making ice in the East Indies' from Robert Barker to Richard Brocklesby
Creator: Robert Barker Reference number: L&P/6/92 -
Paper, 'Thermometrical observations at Allahabad [Prayagraj] and of the weather in Bengal; with note from Henry Cavendish' by Robert Barker
Creator: Robert Barker Reference number: L&P/6/107 -
Letter, 'Of the Brahmin observatory at Benares [Jantar Mantar, Varanasi]' from Robert Barker to John Pringle
Creator: Robert Barker Reference number: L&P/6/248 -
Letter, 'Of a stag's head and horns found in turf at Alport, Derbyshire' from Robert Barker to John Jebb
Creator: Robert Barker Reference number: L&P/8/146