Eugene Campbell Barker, Sr. (November 10, 1874 – October 22, 1956), was a distinguished professor of Texas history at the University of Texas in the capital city of at Austin, the first living person to have had a UT campus building, the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, named in his honor. The structure is part of the Briscoe Center for American History and was relocated in 1971 to Sid Richardson Hall. Barker was renowned for his scholarship, research, classroom teaching, and in the formation of both the Texas State Historical Association and the American Historical Association.
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10 November 1874 Riverside, Walker County, Texas, USA
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22 October 1956 (aged 81)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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