Joseph Barnes (Irish doctor)

Joseph Barnes
Born(1914-11-14)14 November 1914
Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (now Northern Ireland)
Died6 May 2017(2017-05-06) (aged 102)
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation(s)Physician, medical missionary

Joseph Barnes (14 November 1914 – 4 May 2017) was an Irish physician and medical missionary who worked in leper colonies in West Africa in the 1940s.[1][2][3][4] There he worked with sisters from the Medical Missionaries of Mary including Sr Mary de Lourdes Gogan.[5] Most notably, he co-founded International Community for the Relief of Suffering and Starvation (ICROSS) with Michael Elmore-Meegan.

Born in Belfast, Barnes was educated at Synge Street CBS and University College, Dublin.[6] He lectured in tropical medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He became a centenarian in November 2014, and died in 2017, aged 102.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

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  2. ^ Harries, Patrick and David Maxwell (eds.), The Spiritual in the Secular: Missionaries and Knowledge about Africa, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company (2012).
  3. ^ Geissler, Paul Wenzel (ed.), Para-States and Medical Science: Making African Global Health, Duke University Press (2015).
  4. ^ "Joseph Barnes – An Appreciation". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ^ Taggart, Anastasia (2009). "Gogan, Christina (Sr Mary de Lourdes)". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  6. ^ England, Mary (12 June 2017). "Joseph Barnes: An Appreciation". Irish Times.
  7. ^ "Co-founder of ICROSS Dr Joe Barnes over 100 years old". Latest News. ICROSS. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Founder of ICROSS has died". ICROSS. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  9. ^ "History of the Department". Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  10. ^ Greenwood, David (21 February 2008). "The taming of Tuberculosis and leprosy". Antimicrobial Drugs- Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Medical Triumph. ISBN 9780199534845. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  11. ^ Wenzel Geissler, P.; Molyneux, Catherine (September 2011). "Forays into the field- Trailing B.283 in Nigeria". Evidence, Ethos and Experiment-The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa. ISBN 9780857450937.
  12. ^ "Samaritans on Safari". The Rotarian. October 1961. Retrieved 22 September 2017.