Leonard John Barnes MC and Bar (1895–1977) was a British anti-colonialist writer, journalist and educationalist.
Educated at St Paul's School, he was awarded the Military Cross and Bar while serving with the King's Royal Rifle Corps during World War I.
[3] In 1932 Barnes returned to England as a freelance journalist, adult educator and political activist.
[3] From 1936 to 1945 he was a lecturer in education at the University of Liverpool, where for several years he was also Warden of the Men's Hall of Residence there.
He also introduced dedicated vocational courses for personnel management, the child care and probation services, and social research.