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[[File:James Barry (surgeon)05.jpg|thumb|Portrait of James Barry, painted circa 1813-1816|alt=Barry as a young man in a red miliary jacket]]'''James Barry''' (1795–1865) was an army surgeon and Inspector General of Hospitals.
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[[File:James Barry (surgeon)05.jpg|thumb|Portrait of James Barry, painted circa 1813-1816|alt=Barry as a young man in a red miliary jacket]]'''James Barry''' (1795–1865) was a British Army surgeon and Inspector General of Hospitals. He graduated from the University of [[Edinburgh]] Medical School, and served in India and South Africa. He lived as a male throughout his life, but at his death he was found to have been a woman.
  
He is said to have been born a girl, named Margaret Ann Bulkley, and raised asa boy.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8364465.stm#margaret "BBC News" ''Five British heroes overlooked by history'', 17 November 2009</ref> Other sources state that he was raised as a boy, sent to medical school as a man, and lived as a male throughout his life, but at his death he was found to have been a woman. It has beenargued that hewas a genetic male with [[Klinefelter's syndrome.<ref>
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He is said to have been born a girl, named Margaret Ann Bulkley, and raised as a boy.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8364465.stm#margaret "BBC News" ''Five British heroes overlooked by history'', 17 November 2009</ref> Other sources state that he was raised as a boy and was possibly a genetic male with [[Klinefelter's syndrome]].<ref>P R Kirby , "Dr James Barry, Controversial South African medical figure", ''South African Meical Journal'' 25 April 1970. Quoted in Vern L Bullough, ''Sex, Society and History'', New York: Science History Publications, 1976. Chapter on "Transsexualism in History"</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 12:47, 22 August 2013

Barry as a young man in a red miliary jacket
Portrait of James Barry, painted circa 1813-1816
James Barry (1795–1865) was a British Army surgeon and Inspector General of Hospitals. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and served in India and South Africa. He lived as a male throughout his life, but at his death he was found to have been a woman.

He is said to have been born a girl, named Margaret Ann Bulkley, and raised as a boy.[1] Other sources state that he was raised as a boy and was possibly a genetic male with Klinefelter's syndrome.[2]

References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8364465.stm#margaret "BBC News" Five British heroes overlooked by history, 17 November 2009
  2. P R Kirby , "Dr James Barry, Controversial South African medical figure", South African Meical Journal 25 April 1970. Quoted in Vern L Bullough, Sex, Society and History, New York: Science History Publications, 1976. Chapter on "Transsexualism in History"