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SIR DAVID WILSON BARKER, whose death occurred on June 15, was born on October 1, 1858. He was educated in the training–ship H.M.S. Worcester, and on leaving in 1873 joined the Blackwall Line and served in sailing–ships of that company for eight years, rising to the rank of chief mate of the Superb. Afterwards he joined the Silvertown Telegraph Works Co., and in 1885 was given command of the cable ship Dacia, an appointment which he held with that of cable engineer until August 1892.
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Sir David Wilson Barker. Nature 148, 159 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148159a0
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