James Hill "Hamish" Barber FRCGP (28 May 1933 – 26 August 2007) was a doctor and medical academic.
He was the first professor of general practice at the University of Glasgow and wrote the first comprehensive textbook in this field.
He gained a MD in 1966 with a thesis entitled A Study of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in General Practice.
[2] In 1972 he was appointed as senior lecturer in the organisation of medical care at the University of Glasgow.
[5] Together with Andrew Boddy, he wrote The Textbook of General Practice Medicine which was published in 1975.