James Barrett (academic)
James Barret | |
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 James Barrett c. 1914 | |
| Born | February 27, 1862 |
| Died | April 6, 1945 (aged 83) |
Sir James William Barrett KBE, CB, CMG (27 February 1862 – 6 April 1945) was an Australian ophthalmologist and academic administrator.
Born in South Melbourne, Victoria he was educated at the University of Melbourne and King's College London.[1] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1934, and then as Chancellor from 1935 to 1939.[2] He was President of the British Medical Association from 1935 to 1936,[3] and the inaugural president of the Victorian Town Planning and Parks Association, now the Town and Country Planning Association.[4]
Early Life
Barrett was born on the 27 of February 1862 at South Melbourne.[5]
References
- ^ ‘BARRETT, Lt-Col Sir James William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007
- ^ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barrett-sir-james-william-64
- ^ http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/collections/chancellors/barrett.html
- ^ "About the TCPA". Town and Country Planning Association. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
- ^ "Biography - Sir James William Barrett - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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- ^ "University Secretar's Department : University Calendar-Former Office-Bearers : The University of Melbourne". Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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- Alumni of King's College London
- Australian Army officers
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Vice-Chancellors of the University of Melbourne
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- Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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