Early Life and Education
Barlow was born on 10 May 1812 in Woolwich, Kent (now in south-east London), the son of mathematician and physist Professor Peter Barlow, who taught at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich. William Barlow was the younger brother of Peter William Barlow. After a private education, Barlow began to study civil engineering with his father at the age of sixteen. After a year he, went on to a pupillage at the machinery department of the Royal Navy's Woolwich Dockyard close to his family home. He then worked at the London Docks for Henry Robinson Palmer.
Barlow married Selina Crawford Caffin (date unknown). The couple had four sons and two daughters. Their son Crawford Barlow became a civil engineer and was in practice with his father.
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