page_title: James Barrett (academic)
hierarchical_section_title: James Barrett (academic)
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a reproduction of a portrait painting of James Barrett (1862-1945) created possibly around the 1930s. (Possibly an official portrait painting as office-bearer of the University of Melbourne circa 1931-1939 or the portrait by Charles Wheeler (1881-1977) unveiled in 1939.)
context_page_description: Sir James William Barrett, KBE, CB, CMG was an Australian ophthalmologist and academic administrator.
  Born in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, he was educated at the University of Melbourne and King's College London. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1934, and then as Chancellor from 1935 to 1939. He was President of the British Medical Association from 1935 to 1936, and the inaugural president of the Victorian Town Planning and Parks Association, now the Town and Country Planning Association. He was a notable supporter of Jewish refugee migration to Australia by persons fleeing Nazism.
context_section_description: 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, Australia, he was educated at the University of Melbourne and King's College London. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1934, and then as Chancellor from 1935 to 1939. He was President of the British Medical Association from 1935 to 1936, and the inaugural president of the Victorian Town Planning and Parks Association, now the Town and Country Planning Association. He was a notable supporter of Jewish refugee migration to Australia by persons fleeing Nazism.
caption: James Barrett c. 1914
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