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Barrett, James William (1862 - 1945) |
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| Physician and Medical scientist | ||
| Born: 27 February 1862 Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia. Died: 6 April 1945 Toorak, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| (Sir) James William Barrett practised as an oculist in Melbourne and was a lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He was later Vice-Chancellor 1931-35, and then Chancellor 1935-39. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Emerald Hill, Victoria, 27 February 1862. Died Toorak, Victoria, 6 April 1945. KBE, CB, Egyptian order during World War I. Educated University of Melbourne (MB 1881, ChB 1882, MD 1887, ChM 1888) and King's College London (MRCS 1884, FRCS 1887). Resident medical officer, Melbourne Hospital 1882-83; research and teaching, London 1883-86; private practice, Melbourne from 1886; part-time demonstrator in physiology and histology, University of Melbourne from 1887; research into the eyes of animals; associated with the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital from 1888; lecturer in the physiology of the special senses, University of Melbourne 1897-1937; war service with Australian Imperial Force at 1st Australian General Hospital 1914-15; war service with British Army in Royal Army Medical Corps 1916-19; vice-chancellor, University of Melbourne 1931-34, deputy-chancellor 1934, chancellor 1935-39. President, British Medical Association 1935; first president, Ophthalmological Society of Australia 1939. Founded the Bush Nursing Assoicaiton with his sister Edith (q.v) 1910. |
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