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(William) Greig Barr (b Glasgow 10 June 1917; d Oxford 23 April 2008) was an Oxford college head.

Barr was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Sedbergh School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War with the Royal Devon Yeomanry. A historian, he was a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1945 1972; and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1972 to 1982.

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Preceded byKenneth Clinton Wheare	Rector of Exeter College, Oxford 1972–1982	Succeeded byNorman Crowther Hunt

References

'Deaths' The Times Monday, 28 April 2008 Issue 69309 p.51
Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Vachell-Vyner
Anon (2020). "Barr, William Greig". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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1887-	William Jackson Jr Lewis Richard Farnell Robert Ranulph Marett Eric Arthur Barber Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare Greig Barr The Lord Crowther-Hunt Sir Richard Norman Marilyn Butler Frances Cairncross Sir Rick Trainor Andrew Roe

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