On 03/08/15 11:18, Fæ wrote:
>  In the case of James
> Barry, she lived as a man but was born a woman. As this is a
> historical case, today's terminology (such as 'transgender') does not
> fit well, but certainly Barry can be accurately identified as a woman
> and is regularly quoted as having notability for being the first
> British woman doctor, albeit by deception during her life time.

There is a comment here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barry

James Barry (surgeon) (c. 1790s–1865), physician with disputed gender

Gordo


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