Amy Barrington

Amy Barrington (about 1858 – 6 January 1942) was an Irish teacher and scientist who was closely associated with the practices and beliefs of eugenics. She published several papers on that subject as well as indexing a work on history. She also wrote an account of the family history of the Barringtons. Amy was the daughter of Edward Barrington of Fassaroe, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

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Extract from Knowing Their Place: Intellectual Life of Women in the 19th Century by Professor Brendan Walsh: "...She sat the Classical Tripos in 1885 and became a teacher in Australia at the Girls' Grammer School, Brisbane (1888–93) and three years (1888–91) in a school in Vancouver. In 1906 she became a lecturer in Bedford College Training Department in London (1907–19), working in teacher education. She also did pioneer work (1906–19) in eugenics at the Francis Galton Laboratory at University College, London..."

Barrington died in 1942, aged 84.