John W. Barker

John W. Barker
Born
John Walton Barker

(1933-10-07)October 7, 1933
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died(2019-10-24)October 24, 2019 (aged 86)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
SpouseMargaret (née Grabowski)
Academic background
EducationBrooklyn College (BA)
Rutgers University (MA, PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Main interestsByzantine History and Classical Music

John Walton Barker (October 7, 1933 – October 24, 2019) was an American historian and specialist in Byzantine history and classical music.

He was the author of a number of works on Byzantine history, including Justinian and the Later Roman Empire (1966) and Manuel II Palaeologus: 1391-1425: A study in late Byzantine Statesmanship (1969). Later in his career, he also wrote books on Richard Wagner: Wagner and Venice (2008), Wagner and Venice Fictionalized: Variations on a Theme (2012).

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