Alfred Barker (doctor) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alfred Barker
Born	Alfred Charles Barker (1819-01-05)5 January 1819 Hackney, London, England
Died	20 March 1873(1873-03-20) (aged 54) Christchurch, New Zealand
Other names	Syphax
Occupation	Doctor, Photographer
Relatives	Esther Hope (granddaughter)

Alfred Charles Barker (1819–1873) was a New Zealand doctor and photographer.

Barker was born on 5 January 1819 at Hackney, London in England. Barker was the fifth child of Joseph Gibbs Barker and Sarah Pritchett Bousfield. He studied medicine at King's College, London. He and his wife Emma (née Bacon) arrived at Lyttelton on the Charlotte Jane on 16 December 1850 and settled in Christchurch, where they had five children.

Barker died on 20 March 1873 and was buried in the Barbadoes Street Cemetery.