James Barrett (academic)

Sir James William Barrett, KBE, CB, CMG (27 February 1862[1] – 6 April 1945) was an Australian ophthalmologist and academic administrator.

Sir James Barrett
James Barrett c.1914
Born(1862-02-27)27 February 1862
Died6 April 1945(1945-04-06) (aged 83)

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] He was a notable supporter of Jewish refugee migration to Australia by persons fleeing Nazism.[6]

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

  1. "Biography – Sir James William Barrett – Australian Dictionary of Biography". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ‘BARRETT, Lt-Col Sir James William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007
  3. Murray-Smith, S. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 29 November 2017 via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  4. "Home". University of Melbourne Archives. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. "About the TCPA". Town and Country Planning Association. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. Rubinstein, Hilary L., 'Sir James Barrett (1862–1945): Australian philosemite', Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 12:1, Nov 1993, pp.91–100.
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]


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