James Barrett (academic)

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 served as President of the British Medical Association from 1935 to 1936,[3] and was also the inaugural president of the Victorian Town Planning and Parks Association, now the Town and Country Planning Association.[4]

References

  1. ↑ ‘BARRETT, Lt-Col Sir James William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007
  2. ↑ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barrett-sir-james-william-64
  3. ↑ http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/collections/chancellors/barrett.html
  4. ↑ "About the TCPA". Town and Country Planning Association. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
Academic offices
Preceded by
General Sir John Monash		 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
1931 – 1934 		Succeeded by
Sir Raymond Priestley
Preceded by
Sir John MacFarland		 Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
1935 – 1939 		Succeeded by