Michael Barrett (16 May 1816 – 26 February 1887) was a physician and teacher. He was born in London, England, received his early education at Caen, France and emigrated with his family to

Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the ...

in 1833. Barrett is best remembered for his role in the establishment of the Ontario Medical College for Women. Women were being denied admission to existing medical schools and an appeal to Barrett and other medical people by

Augusta Stowe-Gullen Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen (July 27, 1857 – September 25, 1943), was a Canadian medical doctor, lecturer and suffragist. She was born in Mount Pleasant, Ontario as the daughter of Emily Howard Stowe and John Fiuscia Michael Heward Stowe. A plaqu ...

resulted in the opening of the college in 1883. He received the appointment dean and also taught there until his death.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
1816 births 1887 deaths 19th-century Canadian physicians English emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada Canadian university and college faculty deans Scientists from London {{Canada-med-bio-stub