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Sir James Barr FRCP FRSE CBE DL LLD (25 September 1849 - 16 November 1938) was an Ulster-born physician, who rose to be President of the British Medical Association and is noted for his work on the medical care of prisoners. ==Life== He was born in Cumber, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, the son Samuel Barr J.P. He was schooled in Londonderry. He then came to Scotland to study medicine at Glasgow University, graduating in 1873. He received house appointements in Glasgow Royal Infirmary and then the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, settling in Everton at that time. Working at Kirkdale Gaol in Liverpool as a Medical Officer he developed a strong interest in the care of prisoners, leading him to be sent to Ireland by the British Government in 1885 during a period of unrest. His promotion of the medical examination of political prisoners in Ireland sparked controversy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC - Your Paintings - Sir James Barr (1849–1938) )〕 He gave evidence to the Capital Sentences Committee (sitting 1886-1888) and in 1891 was involved in the training of the first three hangmen who were put on the list of persons competent to perform executions. He was knighted in 1905, a Knight of the Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridge Journals Online - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Abstract - Sir James Barr, C.B.E., M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.. )〕 and awarded a CBE in 1920. In 1912 he was elected President of the British Medical Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Munks Roll Details for James (Sir) Barr )〕 He was Vice President of the Society of Constructive Birth Control and a strong supporter of Marie Stopes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Barr 1849 – 1938 )〕 He retired to London in 1926〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diamond War Memorial Project )〕 and died at Putney Heath. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Barr (physician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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