Dr Arnold Barnsley
Personal Details
Dr Arnold Barnsley MRCS FFARCS BChir, MA MD DA
05/07/1896 to 08/1986
Place of birth: Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 722622
Education and qualifications
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General education |
King Edward’s High School, Birmingham 1909-15. He delayed studying at university by serving in the First World War as a 2nd Lieut. in the Gloucestershire Regiment from 1916 to 1919. |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS Eng. 1924, LRCP Lond. 1924. |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1953 |
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Other qualification(s) |
B Chir, MA, University of Cambridge, 1931 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation Barnsley undertook house jobs in orthopaedic surgery and as a junior resident anaesthetist, before becoming Senior HO Physician at ‘Barts’. After 1927 he moved to the post of Anaesthetist at Singapore General Hospital, Straits & Settlements. Returning to England in 1931, he became a general practitioner in Ellesmere, Shropshire (Rogers, Casper and Barnsley) as well as Medical Officer to Ellesmere College, and Honorary Medical Officer to Ellesmere Cottage Hospital. In 1935 he moved to Surrey to be Anaesthetist at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford. There he was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the start of the NHS in 1948. He also had duties at St Luke’s Hospital, Brookwood Hospital (near Woking), and was Visiting Anaesthetist to Botley’s Park Colony, Chertsy. He remained in his Guildford post until his retirement about 1961.
Professional interests and activities
His work in Singapore led to a publication on basal narcosis with Avertin in the Malayan Medical Journal 1932. He published on intravenous anaesthesia in Medical Press in 1949 (222: 59-63). On retirement he continued to publish occasionally in St Bartholomew’s Hospital Journal. Interestingly he suggested a form for recording the effects of treatment by ECT in the journal Anaesthesia in 1971 (26: 239-40).
Other biographical information
Arnold was one of three sons of Brigadier-General Sir John Barnsley, who all served in the First World War. He married Doris Shaw in London in March 1927. He died at the age of 90 years in Chichester, West Sussex.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Medical Registers and Directories.
[2] https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/209366 (Accessed May 2024).
[3] Information on his contributions to Barts Hospital Journal from Dr David Wilkinson (May 2024).