Anthony Bryer
Anthony Applemore Mornington Bryer OBE FSA FRHistS (born October 31, 1937 in Southsea - † October 22, 2016 ) was a British Byzantine .
Life
He attended Canford School and, after completing his military service, studied history at Balliol College , Oxford from 1958 to 1961 . He initially stayed at Balliol College to write his dissertation on the Trebizond Empire , which he completed in 1967. In 1964 he moved to the University of Birmingham , where he created a program for Byzantine studies. In 1975 he founded the journal Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies . From 1976 he was the founding director of the Center for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies and in 1980 he was appointed professor of Byzantine Studies , a position he held until his retirement in 1999.
He received the Order of the British Empire at the 2009 New Year Honors.
Fonts (selection)
- The Empire of Trebizond and the Pontos . London 1980, ISBN 0-86078-062-7 .
- with David Winfield: The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos . Washington, DC 1985, ISBN 0-88402-122-X .
- Peoples and Settlement in Anatolia and the Caucasus, 800–1900 . London 1988, ISBN 0-86078-222-0 .
- with David Winfield, Selina Ballance, Jane Isaac: The Post-Byzantine Monuments of the Pontos . Aldershot 2002, ISBN 0-86078-864-4 .
Web links
- obituary
- Bryer, Anthony Applemore Mornington . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bryer, Anthony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bryer, Anthony Applemore Mornington; Bryer, Anthony AM |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Byzantinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southsea |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 2016 |