George Barger

George Barger FRS FRSE FCS LLD (4 April 1878 – 5 January 1939) was a British chemist.

He was born to an English mother, Eleanor Higginbotham, and Gerrit Barger, a Dutch engineer in Manchester, England.

[2] His main work focused on the study of alkaloids and investigations of simple nitrogenous compounds of biological importance.

Barger identified tyramine as one of the compounds responsible for the biological activity of ergot extracts.

[3] and vitamin B1 In 1936 and 1937 he worked with Joseph John Blackie searching for materials for research.