Kenneth Turpin (13 January 1915 – 14 September 2005) was a Provost of Oriel College, Oxford from 1957 to 1980. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1966 to 1969.Turpin was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, in 1915 and was educated at Manchester Grammar School. Entering Oriel to read Greats, quickly changing to history, he graduated in 1939 with a first class degree and was awarded his BLitt for a thesis on Robert Harley in 1940.