Traveller / antiquarian
Vivian Seymer
fl. 1930–1935 · United Kingdom
British traveller, active 1930–1935. Worked with W. H. Buckler; wrote with H. J. Buxton.
Life and work
- 16 November 1932Invited, as one of those who had raised the alarm about the Byzantine monuments of Cyprus, to the Archaeological Joint Committee meeting in London that proposed a Department of Antiquities for Cyprus.
LondonStanley-Price 2025
- 1930sWith Harold Buxton (Bishop of Gibraltar) and William Buckler toured Cyprus visiting historic monuments including the painted Troodos churches; Seymer was then a Lieutenant Colonel.
CyprusStewart et al. 2014
Connections
2 peopleScholarship
- Wrote with H. J. Buxton1933
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with H. J. Buxtonprobably1930–1933
- Worked with W. H. Buckler1930–1933
Sources
- 1.C. A. Stewart (ed.), T. W. Davis (ed.), A. Weyl Carr (ed.) (2014). Cyprus and the Balance of Empires: Art and Archaeology from Justinian I to the Coeur de Lion. CAARI / ASOR.
- 2.Nicholas Stanley-Price (2025). “Colonial society and the dismissal of John Hilton, first Director of Antiquities in Cyprus”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 109-126.