Richard Alexander Barr

Background

Barr, Richard Alexander was born on September 8, 1871 in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. Son of B. B. M. L. and Mary Laura (Alexander) Barrister

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1892, Doctor of Medicine 1894.

Career

1 son, Richard A. Practiced in Nashville, since 1895. Professor clinical surgery Vanderbilt University, since 1902. Major surgeon, 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War and Philippine insurrection, 1898-1899.

Lieutenant colonel Medical Corps, United States Army, commanding officer Hospital Unit “South” (Vanderbilt), Advertising Educational Foundation, France, 1918, 19.

Achievements

• Richard Alexander Barr has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

American College of Surgeons fellowship Member of the American Medical Association, Southern Surgical Association Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Sarah Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, November 18, 1897.

Father:

B. B. M. L. Barr

Mother:

Mary Laura (Alexander) Barr

Spouse:

Sarah Elizabeth Kirkpatrick