1939) was the First Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University.
He was educated at Ripon Grammar School, where he became head boy and sang in the cathedral choir.
Peter Toyne was a senior lecturer in geography at the University of Exeter before deciding to leave in 1978 in order to become head of Bishop Otter College, Chichester, and then later becoming Rector of North East London Polytechnic (now: University of East London).
Toyne later helped to co-author and chair Liverpool's bid for the 2008 European Capital of Culture.
He was made a CBE for his work in regenerating Liverpool, and in 2010 was awarded freedom of the city by the council.