Barbara Craig

Barbara Denise Craig (née Chapman; 22 October 1915 – 25 January 2005) was a British archaeologist, classicist, and academic, specialising in classical pottery. From 1967 to 1980, she was Principal of Somerville College, Oxford.

Early life She was born on 22 October 1915 in Calcutta, British Raj. Under her leadership, the college doubled in size and rose to the top of the Norrington Table, the annual ranking of colleges by degree classification. The college celebrated its centenary in 1979, and she used the opportunity to fund raise.

Personal life She met her future husband, James Craig, when they were both at the British School at Rome in 1938; They did not have any children.

She was a Christian and a practising Anglican.