Talk:Edward Thaddeus Barleycorn Barber

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Can anyone explain why the name "Edward" has been removed both here and in the article on Elmfield College?

(I live in what used to be the college in York & am putting together some further info - I'd be glad to hear anything you have about students there.)

Johnbibby (talk) 22:53, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sources

I have read the complete article cited on Jstor , and it is not sufficient to support most of the material in the article--it mentions Barber and the others of his family a number of times, but only mentions them. The main source for information seems to be I. K. Sundiata's publications: this article cites 'The Fernandinos: labour and community in Santa Isabel de Fernando P6o, 1827-1931' (Ph.D. thesis, Northwestern University, 1972); 'Prelude to scandal: Liberia and Fernando Po, 1880-1930', . Afr. Hist., xv (I974), 97-112; 'Creolization on Fernando Po: the nature of society', in M. L. Kilson and R. I. Rotberg (eds.), The African Diaspora: Interpretive Essays (Cambridge, Mass., 1976), 391-413; Equatorial Guinea: Colonialism, State Terror, and the Search for Stability (Boulder, CO, I990). and a work of the same author cited in other related articles, From slaving to neoslavery: the bight of Biafra and Fernando Po in the era of abolition 1827-1930; by I. K. Sundiata; Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1996; ISBN, 9780299145101; p.114]. I have no read these sources at this point, but based on the cited article it would appear tha tthe only sources likely to discuss him or any of family in the detail given here would be the archival and unpublished sources listed in that article. Possibly there is later published work, and if so the ed who wrote the contents of this article would appear to have access to it, but it needs to be cited. The alternative is to write an article about the Barleycorn family as a whole. I have removed the prod tag, but added one asking for better sources. DGG ( talk ) 00:28, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a collection of African Biographies that came out this year (ISBN 1156987083) that has a chapter on Mr. Barleycorn Barber. Unfortunately, the library system I have access to doesn't show it available. (Most libraries' aquisition budget is around nill this year.)RevelationDirect (talk) 03:22, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the book in question is just a collection of Wikipedia articles, so that's not much use.Brianyoumans (talk) 15:46, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted material

I have just deleted an entire section on his later life in Nigeria and categories that refer to Nigeria. Regrettably, I can't find any sources online for this material, there are no sources listed, and I thought it might be better to just remove it until we can source at least some of it. One fact mentioned, for example, was that an avenue in Aba is named after Dr. Barber - checking online with Google Maps and just searching, I can find no trace of such a street, so either that is false or the avenue was later renamed. I also searched some of the names of his family members unsuccessfully. Brianyoumans (talk) 15:52, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Brianyoumans.

My name is Gabriel. I came across this link looking into my ancestral lineage and I am very curious to know some of the details of his life in Nigeria. A lot of information relates to my great great grandfather including his name, age and

time in Sierra-Lone 95.10.7.55 (talk) 11:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Back to Africa

(Gabriel: This is the material that I deleted from the article a while back. I can't find any sources for this online, so I have no idea of how accurate it is, but perhaps it will give you some ideas of what to look for in your research on him. Brianyoumans (talk) 00:20, 28 August 2024 (UTC))[reply]

On his return to Fernando Po, Dr Thaddeus Barleycorn Barber worked at a hospital there for a few years. He also worked as a doctor in Cameroon where it is believed he met and married his second wife Jane Brew-Barber before returning to Fernando Po once again. In 1919 he emigrated to Calabar, in the then Eastern Nigeria where he worked as a doctor at the St Margaret's Hospital which was the first public (general) hospital in Nigeria. He later arrived at Aba (also in the Eastern Nigeria) in 1924 where he started his own infirmary and surgery whilst also helping at the Aba public hospital.

He trained quite a few nurses and dispensers at his infirmary including two of his daughters Mrs Esperanza Barber De Offiong and Miss Millicent Barleycorn Barber Na d. He continued to provide medical services to the people of Aba until his death in 1948.

In recognition of his medical services in Aba and surrounding cites and villages,He was honoured by the people of Aba where they named a road in the Government Residential Area (GRA) Dr. Barber Avenue.