Andrew Barker (classicist)

Andrew Barker
Born
Andrew Dennison Barker

(1943-04-24)24 April 1943
Died22 July 2021(2021-07-22) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
ChildrenFive
Academic background
EducationChrist's Hospital
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Andrew Dennison Barker, FBA (24 April 1943 – 22 July 2021) was a British classicist and academic, specialising in ancient Greek music and the intersection between musical theory and philosophy. He was Professor of Classics at the University of Birmingham from 1998 to 2008, and had previously taught at the University of Warwick, University of Cambridge, and Selwyn College, Cambridge.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ 'BARKER, Prof. Andrew Dennison', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 16 Oct 2017
  2. ^ "Professor Andrew Barker BA, PhD, FBA". Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology. University of Birmingham. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Professor Andrew Barker". The British Academy. Retrieved 16 October 2017.