Kenneth Barker (musicologist)

British academic administrator (1934–2021)

Kenneth Barker CBE (26 June 1934 – 9 January 2021) was a British academic administrator.

Biography

He was educated at the Royal College of Music, King's College London (BMus) and the University of Sussex (MA).^[1] He served as Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University from 1992 to 1999 and as Vice-Chancellor of Thames Valley University from 1999 to 2003.

He was appointed CBE in the 1994 Birthday Honours for services to higher education.^[2]

He died in January 2021.^[3]

References

1. ‘BARKER, Prof. Kenneth’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
2. "No. 53696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1994. p. 8.
3. Professor Kenneth Barker CBE – a tribute to the first Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University