Eric Arthur Barber

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Eric Arthur Barber,[https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/eric-arthur-barber-18881965-221909 Art UK] FBA[https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/eric-arthur-barber-FBA/ British Academy] (8 October 1888; 24 May 1965)'Mr. E. A. Barber' The Times London, England Wednesday, 26 May 1965 Issue 56331 p.1 was an Oxford college head.

Barber was educated at Shrewsbury School{{Who's Who | author= Anon | year= 2020 | title=Barber, Eric Arthur| id= U50479 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013}} 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.{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900–1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=76}} 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.'Rectorship Of Exeter College' The Times Monday, 8 October 1956 Issue 53656 p.8