Barry Supple

Barry Emanuel Supple CBE, FBA (born 27 October 1930, Hackney, London) is Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge, and a former Director of the Leverhulme Trust.

Education

* Hackney Downs School (where he was a contemporary of Harold Pinter)
* London School of Economics (Honorary Fellow, 2001)
* Christ's College, Cambridge

Career

* Assistant Professor of Business History, Harvard University, 1955-60
* Associate Prof. of Economic History, McGill University, 1960-62
* University of Sussex: Lecturer, Reader, then Professor of Economic and Social History, 1962-78; Dean, School of Social Sciences, 1965-68; Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Social Studies), 1968-72; Pro-Vice-Chancellor, 1978
* University of Oxford: Reader in Recent Social and Economic History, 1978-81; Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1978-81
* Professorial Fellow, 1981-83, Honorary Fellow, 1984, Christ's College, Cambridge
* Master of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, 1984-93 (Honorary Fellow, 1993)
* Director, Leverhulme Trust, 1993-2001

Honours and other positions

* Honorary Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford 1986
* Associate Fellow, Trumbull College, Yale University, 1986
* Chairman, Consultative Committee of Assessment of Performance Unit, Department of Education and Science, 1975-80
* President, B'nai B'rith Oxford Lodge, 1980
* President, Economic History Society, 1992-95
* Fellow of the British Academy, 1987; Foreign Secretary, 1995-99
* CBE, 2000

Family

His son is the director Tim Supple.

References

* Who's Who 2005