title: Kenneth Barker (musicologist)
text: # Kenneth Barker (musicologist)
  
  Kenneth Barker CBE (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). 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.
  
  