Background
Baker, Robin William was born on October 4, 1953 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Baker, Robin William was born on October 4, 1953 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Robin Baker was educated at Bishop Wordsworth"s School, and went on to graduate with a Bachelor degree from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (now part of University College London) and a Doctor of Philosophy the University of East Anglia.
Foreign the British scientist and writer, author of Sperm Wars, see Robin Baker (biologist)
His research interests are Hungarian, Romanian and late Byzantine history, ethnic minorities in South-East Europe and heretical movements in the Middle Ages. He also spent time studying at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Fellow of University College London. He was the Deputy Director-General of the British Council (2002–2005) where he was responsible for the council"s global operations, before becoming Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent (2005–2007).
He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester in 2007 and became Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University in September 2010.
He resigned in October 2012.