Barry Emanuel Supple, CBE, FBA (born 27 October 1930, Hackney, London), is Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge, and a former Director of the Leverhulme Trust. He is the father of theatre and opera director Tim Supple.
Hackney Downs School (where he was a contemporary of Harold Pinter)London School of Economics (Honorary Fellow, 2001)Christ's College, CambridgeAssistant Professor of Business History, Harvard University, 1955–1960Associate Prof. of Economic History, McGill University, 1960–1962University of Sussex: Lecturer, Reader, then Professor of Economic and Social History, 1962–1978; Dean, School of Social Sciences, 1965–1968; Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Social Studies), 1968–1972; Pro-Vice-Chancellor, 1978University of Oxford: Reader in Recent Social and Economic History, 1978–1981; Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1978–1981Professorial Fellow, 1981–1983, Honorary Fellow, 1984, Christ's College, CambridgeMaster of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, 1984-1993 (Honorary Fellow, 1993)Director, Leverhulme Trust, 1993–2001Honours and other positions
Honorary Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford 1986Associate Fellow, Trumbull College, Yale University, 1986Chairman, Consultative Committee of Assessment of Performance Unit, Department of Education and Science, 1975–1980President, Economic History Society, 1992–1995Fellow of the British Academy, 1987; Foreign Secretary, 1995–1999CBE, 2000 