# Greig Barr

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[[File:Greig Barr house.jpg|thumb|House named after Greig Barr in [Oxford](/source/Oxford)]]
'''(William) Greig Barr''' (b [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) 10 June 1917; d [Oxford](/source/Oxford) 23 April 2008)<ref>'Deaths' [The Times](/source/The_Times) Monday, 28 April 2008 Issue 69309 p.51</ref> was an [Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) [college](/source/Colleges_of_the_University_of_Oxford) head.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1533-1549 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Vachell-Vyner]</ref>

Barr was educated at [Kelvinside Academy](/source/Kelvinside_Academy), [Sedbergh School](/source/Sedbergh_School) and [Magdalen College, Oxford](/source/Magdalen_College%2C_Oxford). He served in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) with the [Royal Devon Yeomanry](/source/Royal_Devon_Yeomanry). A historian, he was a [Fellow](/source/Fellow) of [Exeter College, Oxford](/source/Exeter_College%2C_Oxford), from 1945 1972; and [Rector of Exeter College, Oxford](/source/List_of_Rectors_of_Exeter_College%2C_Oxford), from 1972 to 1982.<ref>{{Who's Who | author= Anon | year= 2020 | title=Barr, William Greig | id= U6609 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013}}</ref>

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