Robert Eustace was thepen name ofEustace Robert Barton (1869–1943), an English doctor and author of mystery and crime fiction with a theme ofscientific innovation. He also wrote asEustace Robert Rawlings. Eustace often collaborated with other writers, producing a number of works with the authorL. T. Meade and others. He is credited as co-author withDorothy L. Sayers of the novelThe Documents in the Case, for which he supplied the main plot idea and supporting medical and scientific details.[1]
Barton was born in January 1869, the son of Alfred Bowyer Barton, FRCS, and Editha Helen Howell, of The Green, Hampton Court. He was educated at Barham House, Hastings.[2] He first appeared in theMedical Register in 1897. He qualified MRCS. He served in theRoyal Army Medical Corps (Temporary Captain) and was awarded the SerbianOrder of St. Sava, 5th class.[3] He was working in the County Mental Hospital, Gloucester, in 1932.[4] He died in 1943.[5]
