Neil Ripley Ker CBE FBA (/kɛər/; 1908–1982) was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature.
Ker was the first Lyell Lecturer in Bibliography at the University of Oxford in 1952-53 on the topic, English Manuscripts in the Century after the Norman Conquest.
[4] In 1955 he held the Sandars Readership in Bibliography at Cambridge University and lectured on "Oxford libraries in the sixteenth century."
In 1968 he retired from his roles at Oxford to focus on his largest work, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries.
[5] Annually, the British Academy awards grants in Ker's name to scholars who publish books "that include analysis of the distinctive features of original manuscripts.