Anthony Bryer
Anthony Bryer FRHistS | |
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Born | |
Died | 22 October 2016 | (aged 78)
Children | Theodora Bryer, Anna Bryer and Katie Bryer |
Awards | OBE |
Academic background | |
Education | Balliol College, Oxford |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Thesis | The society and institutions of the Empire of Trebizond (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Dimitri Obolensky |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Byzantine studies |
Institutions | University of Birmingham (1964–1999) |
Doctoral students | John Haldon, Judith Herrin, Margaret Mullett[1] |
Notable works | The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos |
Anthony Applemore Mornington Bryer
Biographical details
Anthony Bryer was born on 31 October 1937 in Southsea, Portsmouth.[4] He was the son of Group Captain Gerald Bryer OBE and Joan Bryer (née Grigsby), a Special Operations Executive employee.[5][6] Part of his childhood was spent in Jerusalem where he was first acquainted with Sir Steven Runciman, historian and Byzantine scholar.[6]
In 1961 he married Elizabeth Lipscomb, a fellow Oxford student; they had three daughters. She died in 1995 and Bryer married Jennifer Ann Banks, a fellow Birmingham academic, in 1998.[5][6][4][7]
Bryer died on 22 October 2016.[8]
Education and career
Bryer was educated at
Photography
A number of photographs attributed to Bryer appear in the Conway Library
Awards and honours
Bryer was awarded an OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to scholarship.[12]
He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1973.[7][13]
Publications
Bryer's contribution to the study of the Byzantine world includes the following:
- The Empire of Trebizond and the Pontos, London: Variorum, 1988
- (with David Winfield) The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos, 2 vols., Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, 1985
- (with Heath W. Lowry) Continuity and Change in Late Byzantine and Early Ottoman Society, Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 1986
- Peoples and Settlement in Anatolia and the Caucasus, 800–1900, London: Variorum, 1988
- (editor, with Mary Cunningham), Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism: Papers from the 25th Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, 1994
- (with Jane Isaac, David Winfield and Selina Ballance) The Post-Byzantine Monuments of the Pontos: A Source Book, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002
Notes
- ^ Herrin, Judith (2016), Anthony Bryer OBE, British Georgian Society, retrieved 1 October 2023
- ^ a b Herrin, Judith (23 November 2016). "Anthony Bryer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Bryer, Byzantinologist – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d XUS147 - University of Birmingham Staff Papers: Papers of Anthony Bryer - 1950s-2000s, University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Library, retrieved 1 October 2023
- ^ a b c "Bryer, Prof. Anthony Applemore Mornington", Who's Who 2023, A & C Black, 1 December 2017, retrieved 1 October 2023
- ^ a b c d "Anthony Bryer", The Times, 21 February 2017, retrieved 1 October 2023
- ^ a b Milner-Gulland, Robin (2016), "Anthony Bryer FSA", Salon: Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter, 374, retrieved 1 October 2023
- ^ "Anthony Bryer obituary". The Guardian. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ PontosWorld. "Anthony Bryer OBE". PontosWorld. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Courtauld Connects". Courtauld Connects. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "New Year Honours". The London Gazette. 31 December 2008. p. 9. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Salon 204". Society of Antiquaries of London. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.