Background
Barron, William Raymond Johnston was born on December 14, 1926 in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, Great Britain. Son of William Rea and Elizabeth Jane (McMinn) Barron.
Barron, William Raymond Johnston was born on December 14, 1926 in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, Great Britain. Son of William Rea and Elizabeth Jane (McMinn) Barron.
Master of Arts, St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1948. Student, Yale University, 1951. Bachelor of Philosophy, St. Andrews, Scotland, 1951.
Postgraduate, Strasbourg University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1959.
Assistant lecturer University Aberdeen, Scotland, 1952-1957. Lecturer University Manchester, England, 1957-1968, senior lecturer England, 1970-1989. Reader, since 1990; professor Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran, 1968-1970.
Director Eugene Vinaver Trust, Great Britain, since 1986.
Served to sergeant Territorial Army, 1944-1950. Member International Arthurian Society (president British branch 1983-1986).