James Barrett (academic)
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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[1] – 6 April 1945) was an Australian ophthalmologist and academic administrator.
Born in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,[1] he was educated at the University of Melbourne and King's College London.[2] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1934, and then as Chancellor from 1935 to 1939.[3] He was President of the British Medical Association from 1935 to 1936,[4] and the inaugural president of the Victorian Town Planning and Parks Association, now the Town and Country Planning Association.[5]
Bibliography
- The Australian medical corps in Egypt (1918)
- The twin ideals: An educated Commonwealth (1918)
- The war work of the Y.M.C.A. In Egypt (1919)
- A vision of the possible (1919)
- The diary of an Australian soldier (1921)
- Save Australia (1925)
References
- ^ a b "Biography - Sir James William Barrett - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ ‘BARRETT, Lt-Col Sir James William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007
- ^ Murray-Smith, S. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ "Home". University of Melbourne Archives. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "About the TCPA". Town and Country Planning Association. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
- ^ "University Secretar's Department : University Calendar-Former Office-Bearers : The University of Melbourne". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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