James Barry

Surgeon

1795 – 1865

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Who was James Barry?

James Miranda Stuart Barry, was a military surgeon in the British Army. After graduation from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Barry served in India and Cape Town, South Africa. By the end of his career, he had risen to the rank of Inspector General in charge of military hospitals. In his travels he not only improved conditions for wounded soldiers, but also the conditions of the native inhabitants. Among his accomplishments was the first caesarean section in Africa by a British surgeon in which both the mother and child survived the operation.

Although Barry lived his adult life as a man, at birth he was identified or assigned as female and named Margaret Ann Bulkley, and he chose to live as a man so that he might be accepted as a university student and able to pursue a career as a surgeon.

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Born
Nov 9, 1795
Belfast
Also known as
  • Бэрри, Джеймс
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of Edinburgh
Died
Jul 25, 1865
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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