Original: He is considered to have written the two most comprehensive books on the subject, The Trial of the Templars (/O1978/O) and The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple (/O1994/O).
Simplified: Born in 1943, Barber attended Walpole Grammar School in Ealing from 1954-1961, followed by the University of Nottingham from 1961-1966, where he received his Bachelors Degree in 1964.