Background

Barty, Peter Frederick was born on January 17, 1934 in London. Son of James Lewis and Beatrice Elizabeth (Rockey) Barty.

Education

Student, Oxford University, 1958. Bachelor, University North Alabama, Florence, 1967. Master of Arts, University Kentucky, 1969.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Kentucky, 1972.

Career

Deputy district commissioner, British Colonial Svc., Kenya, 1954-1963; instructor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1972-1973; assistant professor, West Virginia Institute Technology, Montgomery, 1973-1974; assistant professor of history, Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, North Carolina, 1974-1982; associate professor of history, U. North Alabama, Florence, since 1982; professor, head department history and political science, U. North Alabama, Florence, 1990.

Achievements

• Peter Frederick Barty has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Clerk session Westminster Presbyterian Church, Florence, 1985, 86, 89. Moderator Shoals cluster Presbyterian Churches, Shoals Area, Alabama, 1989. Commissioner to Presbytery, Huntsville, 1985.

Deputy district commissioner British Colonial Service, Kenya, 1954-1963. Member African Studies Association, Southern History Association, Alabama History Association (board directors since 1988), Carolinas Symposium on British Studies, Alabama Academy of Sciences, Alabama Association of Historians, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: walking, swimming, chess, harness racing.

Connections

Married Marie Fikes, December 14, 1957. 1 child, Christopher Peter James.

Father:

James Lewis Barty

Mother:

Beatrice Elizabeth (Rockey) Barty

Spouse:

Marie Fikes

child:

Christopher Peter James Barty