Kenneth Barker (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).‘BARKER, Prof. Kenneth’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014 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.
He died in January 2021.Professor Kenneth Barker CBE – a tribute to the first Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University
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