Ernest Barker | |
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Born | 23 September 1874 |
Died | 17 February 1960 (age 85) |
Burial place | St Botolph's Church, Cambridge |
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation | Principal of King's College London |
Spouse(s) | Emily Isabel Salkeld (1900–1924) Olivia Stuart Horner (1927–1960) |
Children | 5 |
Sir Ernest Barker FBA (23 September 1874 – 17 February 1960) [1] was an English political scientist who served as Principal of King's College London from 1920 to 1927.[ citation needed]
Ernest Barker was born in Woodley, Cheshire, and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford. [2] Barker was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1898 to 1905, St John's College, Oxford, from 1909 to 1913, and New College, Oxford, from 1913 to 1920. [3] He spent a brief time at the London School of Economics. [4] He was Principal of King's College London from 1920 to 1927, [5] and subsequently became Professor of Political Science in the University of Cambridge in 1928, [6] being the first holder of the chair endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. [7]
In June 1936 he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council. [8] He was knighted in 1944. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958. [9]
Barker was married twice, firstly in 1900 to Emily Isabel Salkeld, with whom he had a son and two daughters; she died in 1924. In 1927 he married Olivia Stuart Horner; they had a son, Nicolas Barker, [10] and a daughter. [3]
Barker died on 17 February 1960. [2] [3] There is a memorial stone to him in St Botolph's Church, Cambridge.
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Ernest Barker | |
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Born | 23 September 1874 |
Died | 17 February 1960 (age 85) |
Burial place | St Botolph's Church, Cambridge |
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation | Principal of King's College London |
Spouse(s) | Emily Isabel Salkeld (1900–1924) Olivia Stuart Horner (1927–1960) |
Children | 5 |
Sir Ernest Barker FBA (23 September 1874 – 17 February 1960) [1] was an English political scientist who served as Principal of King's College London from 1920 to 1927.[ citation needed]
Ernest Barker was born in Woodley, Cheshire, and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford. [2] Barker was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1898 to 1905, St John's College, Oxford, from 1909 to 1913, and New College, Oxford, from 1913 to 1920. [3] He spent a brief time at the London School of Economics. [4] He was Principal of King's College London from 1920 to 1927, [5] and subsequently became Professor of Political Science in the University of Cambridge in 1928, [6] being the first holder of the chair endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. [7]
In June 1936 he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council. [8] He was knighted in 1944. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958. [9]
Barker was married twice, firstly in 1900 to Emily Isabel Salkeld, with whom he had a son and two daughters; she died in 1924. In 1927 he married Olivia Stuart Horner; they had a son, Nicolas Barker, [10] and a daughter. [3]
Barker died on 17 February 1960. [2] [3] There is a memorial stone to him in St Botolph's Church, Cambridge.
Works by or about Ernest Barker at Wikisource