Anthony Bryer

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Anthony Bryer
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Born(1937-10-31)October 31, 1937
Southsea
DiedOctober 22, 2016(2016-10-22) (aged 78)
ChildrenTheodora Bryer, Anna Bryer and Katie Bryer
AwardsOBE
Academic background
EducationBalliol College, Oxford
ThesisThe society and institutions of the Empire of Trebizond (1967)
Doctoral advisorDimitri Obolensky
Academic work
DisciplineByzantine studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Birmingham
Notable worksThe Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos

Anthony Applemore Mornington Bryer (1937-2016) OBE FSA FRHistS was a British historian of the Byzantine Empire and founder of the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham.[1][2]

Biographical details[]

Anthony Bryer was born on the 31st October 1937 in Southsea, Portsmouth.[3] He was the son of Group Captain Gerald Bryer and Joan Bryer (nee Rigsby).  Part of his childhood was spent in Jerusalem and he was acquainted with Sir Steven Runciman, historian and Byzantine Scholar.  

In July 1961 he married  Elizabeth Liscomb, who died in 1995.[4]  In 1998 he married Jennifer A. Banks.[5]

Anthony Bryer died on 22nd October 2016.[6]

Education and career[]

Bryer's post nominals include: Dip. (Sorbonne), MA, MA, DPhil (Oxford), FSA, FRHistS.[7]

Bryer was educated at Canford School, and after completing his National Service he studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. He initially remained at Balliol for his doctorate on the Empire of Trebizond, which he completed in 1967, but in 1964 he moved to the University of Birmingham where he created a programme in Byzantine studies. In 1975 he founded the journal Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. From 1976, he was the founding Director of the Centre for Byzantine Studies, and in 1980 he was appointed Professor of Byzantine Studies, a post which he held until 1999.[1] In a distinguished career he has held Fellowships at Athens University, Dumbarton Oaks and Merton College, Oxford.[8]

Photography[]

A number of photographs attributed to Dr. Anthony Bryer appear in the Conway Library[9] at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.  This collection includes architectural images, religious and secular, across many countries and is in the process of being digitised as part of the Courtauld Connects[10] project.

Awards and Honours[]

Anthony Bryer on a mule in Turkey

Bryer was awarded an OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to scholarship.[11]

He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[12]

Publications[]

Bryer's contribution to the study of Byzantine includes the following:

  • Anthony Bryer, Jane Isaac, David Winfield and Selina Ballance, 2002, The Post Byzantine Monuments at Pontos: A Source Book, Aldershot, Ashgate.[13]
  • Anthony Bryer and Mary Cunningham (Eds.), 1994, Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism, Papers from the 25th Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Brirmingham .[14]
  • Professor A.B. Bryer and Professor Elizabeth Jeffreys, 2006, Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London, 21-26 August 2006: Vol. 1: Plenary Papers; Vol 2: Abstracts of Panel Papers; Vol. 3: Abstract of Communications.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Herrin, Judith (23 November 2016). "Anthony Bryer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Professor Anthony Bryer, Byzantinologist – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". ancestrylibrary.proquest.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". ancestrylibrary.proquest.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". ancestrylibrary.proquest.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Anthony Bryer obituary". the Guardian. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity". 14 July 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ PontosWorld. "Anthony Bryer OBE". PontosWorld. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Courtauld Connects". Courtauld Connects. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  11. ^ "New Year Honours". The London Gazette. 31 December 2008. p. 9. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Salon 204". Society of Antiquaries of London. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Explore the British Library Search - anthony bryer". explore.bl.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Explore the British Library Search - anthony bryer". explore.bl.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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