David Barker (18 February 1922 – 7 January 2009)[1] was a British zoologist and neurologist specialising in animal neuroanatomy.
Barker studied anatomy at the University of Oxford's constituent Magdalen College from 1941 to 1943 under the tutelage of John Zachary Young.
[3] During his time here, he achieved notable academic success, including being awarded a Jenner Exhibition and graduating with first-class honors in Zoology in 1943.
In 1948, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy with a thesis titled "The Recovery of Proprioceptor Function after Nerve-injury," which earned him the Rolleston Memorial Prize.
In commemoration of the golden jubilee of the University of Hong Kong, he organized an international seminar focused on muscle receptors.