(William) Greig Barr (b Glasgow 10 June 1917; d Oxford 23 April 2008) [1] was an Oxford college head. [2]
Barr was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Sedbergh School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War with the Royal Devon Yeomanry. A historian, he was a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1945 1972; and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1972 to 1982. [3]
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