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Georges Emile Barbier
Born: 24 February 1844, Besançon , France - Died: 16 December 1895, France
Photo: The Glasgow Athenaeum: A Sketch of Fifty Years' Work (1847-1897)
By James Lauder, FRSL, Secretary of the Institution.
Saint Mungo Press, Glasgow, 1897.West of Scotland Challenge Cup holder 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892.
Glasgow Chess Club champion (Outram Cup) 1892 and 1893. Served as president of Glasgow Chess Club.
Edited a chess column in the Glasgow Weekly Citizen. Barbier is connected to the famous Saavedra study.
Early in life he came to London with his father, the incumbent of a French Protestant church there. He was for some time a journalist, but in 1883 accepted the appointment of teacher of French at the Glasgow Athenaeum, succeeding Mr C.A. Chardenal. (Around 1886). He was highly regarded both as a player and problem composer.
A few weeks before his death he had gone to France in the hope of improving his health.
Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess ScotlandUpdated 28/11/2019