Dr Montagu Barker 1934 –2015
Monty Barker was born in Glasgow on 12
March 1934. After studying classics he
turned to a career in medicine, training at St
Andrews and Dundee.
In 1954 he was diagnosed with TB meningitis and for one month was expected to die. He
recovered and a career in psychiatry followed,
partly though the advice of a senior college
who told him ‘You don’t have to be bonkers to
become a psychiatrist’. He was appointed as a
consultant in Bristol, where junior staff and
medical
students
found him an excellent
teacher, although at times quite intimidating.