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Letter to William Osler
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Dr. Horace Mallinson Barlow was born in 1884 in Fenton, Staffordshire, England.
He was a physician and librarian. He served as an assistant librarian of the Royal College of Physicians in London from 1907 to 1923 and as a Secretary from 1923 to 1944. He is the author of the books "The Medical Library Association: A Few Observations" (1910) and "Old English Herbals, 1525-1640" (1913). In 1912, he compiled "Royal College of Physicians of London: Catalogue of the Library." The Royal College of Physicians archives hold a collection of 2,300 bookplates of medical men collected by Dr. Barlow.
He died on June 21, 1954, in West Worthing, England.
Letter to William Osler from H. M. Barlow, Royal College of Physicians, Pall Mall East, London, England. Barlow writes of books by Boorde and a 1547 edition of the Breviary held in the College Library.
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