title: George E. Barker
text: # George E. Barker
  
  George Ernest Barker (1930 – 16 March 2014) was a British philatelist who in 2009 signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. From 1983 to 2001 he was Editor of The London Philatelist. He was a specialist in the stamps of France and its colonies.
  
  Barker was one of the main organisers of the 56th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain held in 1974 at Enghien-les-Bains, Paris.
  
  ## Memberships
  
  * Associate member of the Academy of Philately, Paris.
  * Member of the Belgian Academy of Philately.
  * Founding member of the Académie Européenne de Philatélie.
  * Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Award of Merit, British Philatelic Federation.
  * Mérite Philatélique Européen, Académie Européenne de Philatélie.
  * Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.
  