Robin William Baker (born 4 October 1953) is a British academic and former

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Canterbury Christ Church University , mottoeng = The truth shall set you free , established = 2005 – gained University status 1962 – teacher training college , type = Public , religious_affiliation = Church of England , city ...

. His research interests are Hungarian, Romanian and late Byzantine history, ethnic minorities in South-East Europe and heretical movements in the Middle Ages. Robin Baker was educated at

Bishop Wordsworth's School Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' grammar school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for boys aged 11 to 18. The school is regularly amongst the top-performing schools in England, and in 2010 was the school with the best results in the ...

, and went on to graduate with a BA degree from the

School of Slavonic and East European Studies The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES ) is a school of University College London (UCL) specializing in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia. It teaches a range of subjects, including the histo ...

(now part of

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = � ...

), and completed his

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at the

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in 1984 entitled ''"Innovation and variation in the case system of contemporary Komi dialects"''.‘BAKER, Dr Robin William’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016 He also spent time studying at the

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and is a Fellow of

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. He was the Deputy Director-General of the

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(2002–2005) where he was responsible for the council's global operations, before becoming Pro Vice-Chancellor of the

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(2005–2007). He was appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2005. He was appointed

of the

University of Chichester , mottoeng = By teaching, we learn , type = Public , established = 2005 , administrative_staff = 600 , vice_chancellor = Jane Longmore , city = Chichester, West Sussex , country = England, UK , ...

in 2007 and became Vice-Chancellor of

in September 2010. He resigned in October 2012.

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1953 births Living people People educated at Bishop Wordsworth's School Alumni of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Alumni of the University of East Anglia People associated with the University of Chichester People associated with the University of Kent People associated with Canterbury Christ Church University Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George British historians {{UK-academic-bio-stub