Eric Arthur Barber

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Eric Arthur Barber,^[1] FBA ^[2] (8 October 1888; 24 May 1965)^[3] was an Oxford college head.

Barber was educated at Shrewsbury School ^[4] and New College, Oxford. During World War I he served as an officer with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. A classicist, he was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1910 to 1913.^[5] He was Fellow, Tutor and Lecturer in Classics at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1913 to 1943; and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1943 to 1956.^[6]

References

↑ Art UK
↑ British Academy
↑ 'Mr. E. A. Barber' The Times London, England Wednesday, 26 May 1965 Issue 56331 p.1
↑ Anon (2020). "Barber, Eric Arthur" . Who's Who . A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 76.
↑ 'Rectorship Of Exeter College' The Times Monday, 8 October 1956 Issue 53656 p.8

Academic offices

Preceded by

Robert Ranulph Marett

Rector of Exeter College, Oxford
1943–1956

Succeeded by

Kenneth Wheare

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[1] Art UK

[2] British Academy

[3] 'Mr. E. A. Barber' The Times London, England Wednesday, 26 May 1965 Issue 56331 p.1

[4] Anon (2020). "Barber, Eric Arthur" . Who's Who . A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[MCreg-5] Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 76.

[6] 'Rectorship Of Exeter College' The Times Monday, 8 October 1956 Issue 53656 p.8

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