Eric Arthur Barber

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]

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1318–1566	John Parys Stephen de Pippecote John de Sevenaysshe John de Kelly Richard de Pyn Henry de Tiverton William Dobbe William de Palmorna John de Blankeswille Robert de Trethewy John Halle John Wiseburg Robert de Clyste Robert Blakedon John Otery Thomas de Kelly William Franke John Dagenet Robert de Lydeford Martin Lydeford John More Thomas Worth Thomas White Richard Browne Lawrence Stevine William Talkarn William Slade Thomas Dyre Thomas Hyndeman Richard Mark or Marks Helias Stoke Robert Marschel John Gynne John Jakys Richard Penwyne Geoffrey Prentys John Cowling John Schute Thomas Noreys William Penbegyll William Fylham William Grene Walter Trengoff Benedict Brente William Fylham John Alwarde Henry Whitehead John Alwarde Ralph Morewyll Edmund Fitchet John Colyforde William Palmer John Rowe John Rygge John Lyndon John Westlake John Evelyn Richard French Walter Windsor William Mogys William Thomas William Baron William Major Richard Bradleghe William Mylplaysh John Orelle William Meryfeld James Babbe John Smythe Thomas Ruer Richard Panter Richard Roberd John Atwell Thomas Michell John Rugg Gerendus Raffe William Bery Symon Todde John Rigge Thomas Vyvyan William Smythe Philip Bale Edmund Fletcher John Bere John Pekyns John Bery John Dotyn John French Henry Laurence Augustine Crosse William More William Corindon Stephen Marks Philip Randell Robert Newton John Neale
1566-1887	Thomas Glasier Thomas Holland John Prideaux George Hakewill John Conant Joseph Maynard Arthur Bury William Paynter Mathew Hole John Conybeare Joseph Atwell James Edgcumbe Francis Webber Thomas Bray Thomas Stinton Henry Richards John Cole John Collier Jones Joseph Loscombe Richards John Prideaux Lightfoot
1887-	William Jackson Jr Lewis Richard Farnell Robert Ranulph Marett Eric Arthur Barber Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare Greig Barr The Lord Crowther-Hunt Sir Richard Norman Marilyn Butler Frances Cairncross Sir Rick Trainor Andrew Roe

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