James Barrett (academic)
For other people named James Barrett, see James Barrett (disambiguation).
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James Barrett c.β1914 | |
Born | February 27, 1862 |
Died | April 6, 1945 83) | (aged
Sir James William Barrett KBE, CB, CMG (27 February 1862 β 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
- β βBARRETT, Lt-Col Sir James Williamβ, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920β2007
- β http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barrett-sir-james-william-64
- β http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/collections/chancellors/barrett.html
- β "About the TCPA". Town and Country Planning Association. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
- β "Biography - Sir James William Barrett - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir John Monash |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1931β1934 |
Succeeded by Sir Raymond Priestley |
Preceded by Sir John MacFarland |
Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1935β1939 |
Succeeded by Sir John Greig Latham[1] |
- β "University Secretar's Department : University Calendar-Former Office-Bearers : The University of Melbourne". Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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