# Eric Arthur Barber

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

Barber was educated at [Shrewsbury School](/source/Shrewsbury_School)<ref>{{Who's Who | author= Anon | year= 2020 | title=Barber, Eric Arthur| id= U50479 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013}}</ref> and [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford). During [World War I](/source/World_War_I) he served as an officer with the [King's Shropshire Light Infantry](/source/King's_Shropshire_Light_Infantry).  A [classicist](/source/Classics), he was a [Fellow](/source/Fellow) of [Merton College, Oxford](/source/Merton_College%2C_Oxford), from 1910 to 1913.<ref name="MCreg">{{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}}</ref> He was [Fellow](/source/Fellow), [Tutor](/source/Tutor) and Lecturer in [Classics](/source/Classics) at [Exeter College, Oxford](/source/Exeter_College%2C_Oxford), from 1913 to 1943; and [Rector of Exeter College, Oxford](/source/List_of_Rectors_of_Exeter_College%2C_Oxford), from 1943 to 1956.<ref>'Rectorship Of Exeter College' [The Times](/source/The_Times) Monday, 8 October 1956 Issue 53656 p.8</ref>

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