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Indeed, there are those who argue to remove the eponym in favour of the title \u2018Columnar Lined Epithelium\u2019, in part because of what little Barrett actually had to do with the correct initial characterisation of this disease. Yet the sum of Norman Barrett\u2019s contributions to modern medicine is much more than a mistaken characterisation of a pathological process. Barrett was truly a pioneer of chest surgery in the UK \u2013 a speciality in its embryonic stages when he first qualified. He was also renowned as a teacher and academic of the highest calibre. 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