John W. Barker | |
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| Born | John Walton Barker October 7, 1933 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 2019 (aged 86) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Spouse | Margaret (née Grabowski) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Brooklyn College (BA) Rutgers University (MA, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Main interests | Byzantine History and Classical Music |
John Walton Barker (October 7, 1933 – October 24, 2019) was an American historian and specialist in Byzantine history and classical music.[1]
He was the author of a number of works on Byzantine history, including Justinian and the Later Roman Empire (1966) and Manuel II Palaeologus: 1391-1425: A study in late Byzantine Statesmanship (1969). Later in his career, he also wrote books on Richard Wagner: Wagner and Venice (2008), Wagner and Venice Fictionalized: Variations on a Theme (2012).[2]
- ^ "Barker, John Walton". madison.com. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ "History Remembers John Walton Barker (1933-2019)". Department of History. University of Wisconsin-Madison. October 31, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2020.