Life
1795-1865 [prob. Margaret Bulkeley; adopted names James Barry, Miranda Stuart]; b. Cork; gained entrance to Edinburgh Medical School by pretending to be male; served in British colonial service; charged with conduct unbecoming while Chief Medical Officer of St. Helena.
Notes
She is the subject Colours: James Barry, Esq., a play by Jean Binnie (Dublin Th. Fest., 1988), and Whistling Psyche, another by Sebastian Barry [q.v.], in which she appears opposite Florence Nightingale (2004). See also Patricia Duncker, James Miranda Barry (1999), a novel, and Rachel Holmes (2002), Scanty Particulars, a biography.
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