James Barrett (academic)

James Barret

James Barrett c. 1914
Born (1862-02-27)February 27, 1862
Died April 6, 1945(1945-04-06) (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

  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.
  5. ↑ "Biography - Sir James William Barrett - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
Academic offices
Preceded by
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
Sir John Greig Latham[1]
  1. ↑ "University Secretar's Department : University Calendar-Former Office-Bearers : The University of Melbourne". Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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