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John Vivian
Nationality British
Occupation Historian
Title Regius Professor of Modern History
Term 1768-1771
Predecessor Joseph Spence
Successor Thomas Nowell

John Vivian (c.1729–1771) was the Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford between 1768 and 1771. He was the son of William Vivian of Padstow, Cornwall, and became a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford in 1750.

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