Sir Richard Trainor | |
|---|---|
 Trainor in January 2009 | |
| Principal of King's College London | |
| In office 2004–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Ed Byrne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 December 1948 United States of America |
| Spouse | Marguerite Dupree |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Brown University Princeton University Merton College, Oxford Nuffield College, Oxford |
| Profession | Historian and academic administrator |
Sir Richard Hughes Trainor, KBE, FRHistS, FKC, FAcSS (born 31 December 1948), is a retired academic administrator and historian. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich from 2000 to 2004, the Principal and latterly also president of King's College London from 2004 to 2014, and the Rector of Exeter College, University of Oxford between 2014 and 2024.
Trainor was born in the United States. He was awarded an honorary knighthood (KBE) in June 2010 for services to higher education in the United Kingdom. The award was honorary because of his American nationality, but on 31 December 2010 the knighthood was made substantive by Queen Elizabeth II following his assumption of dual citizenship (American and British).[1]