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Not who you're looking for? Others named John Vivian: English Liberal politician; (1818-1879) · English mining and copper-smelting entrepreneur; (1750-1826) · politician, died 1870
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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