Sibella Annie Barrington

Sibella Annie Barrington (4 or 21 December 1867 – 9 or 17 December 1929) was a Canadian nurse. Born to a family of British settlers in Cape Breton in 1867, Barrington studied at the Aberdeen Hospital School of Nursing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She graduated in 1904 and became a registered nurse in 1922, when the province introduced registration. Barrington continued her studies internationally, first in Chicago, and then in Dublin where she learned of Lady Aberdeen's work in combatting tuberculosis. In London, she worked with the New Zealand physician and child welfare advocate, Frederic Truby King.

Sibella Annie Barrington

Sibella Annie Barrington (4 or 21 December 1867 – 9 or 17 December 1929) was a Canadian nurse. Born to a family of British settlers in Cape Breton in 1867, Barrington studied at the Aberdeen Hospital School of Nursing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She graduated in 1904 and became a registered nurse in 1922, when the province introduced registration. Barrington continued her studies internationally, first in Chicago, and then in Dublin where she learned of Lady Aberdeen's work in combatting tuberculosis. In London, she worked with the New Zealand physician and child welfare advocate, Frederic Truby King.