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Life Summary

Name	Sir James William Barrett
Born	27 February, 1862 South Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	6 April, 1945 (aged 83) Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Agnostic Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Barrett, James Noel (son) Barrett, Edith Helen (sister) Springthorpe, John William (colleague)
Education *	Melbourne Grammar School (student, 1870-1874) Carlton College (Melbourne) (student, 1875-1876) University of Melbourne (student, 1877-1882) King's College (London) (student, 1883-1887)
Occupation or Descriptor *	ophthalmologist (1887-1930) Victoria, Australia academic (1897-1937) Victoria, Australia army medical officer (1914-1915) Federal, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1916-1918) Overseas university vice-chancellor (1931-1934) Victoria, Australia university chancellor (1935-1939) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (British army doctor)
Awards	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1911) Order of the Nile (recipient, 1916) Companion of the Order of the Bath (recipient, 1918) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1918)
Key Organisations *	National Parks Committee (chairman) Workers' Educational Association (WA) (promoter) Australian Medical Association (Vic) (member, 1900-1945) University of Melbourne (council member, 1901-1945) Royal Empire Society (Vic) (member, 1910-1945) Town and Country Planning Association (Vic) (member, 1910-1945) Victorian Bush Nursing Association (founding committee member, 1910-1945) Red Cross Society (national) (honorary secretary, 1914-1915) Red Cross (Britain) (1916-1917) University Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra (founder, 1919) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (founding committee member, 1932) Ophthalmological Society of Australia (founding president, 1939)
Stately Homes *	Palmyra (Toorak, Melbourne) (owner, 1914-1945)
Workplaces *	Repatriation Hospital (Vic) (surgeon, 1880-1930) Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (surgeon, 1880-1930) University of Melbourne (academic, medicine, 1887-1937) Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (surgeon, 1888-1913) Royal Melbourne Hospital (surgeon, 1913-1930) University of Melbourne (vice-chancellor, 1931-1934) University of Melbourne (chancellor, 1935-1939)

* Dates are approximate