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Gother Victor Fyers Mann CBE (8 October 1863, Sydney – 12 November 1948, St Leonards), also known as G. V. F. Mann, was an Australian architect and painter.

Mann was secretary and superintendent of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and from 1912–29 its director.

He married Mabel Beatrice Newman, the daughter of John Hubert Newman, a well known photographer of the time, on 3 April 1902 at St. Philip's Church, Sydney. They had one daughter, Marjorie Victoria Mann.

He was awarded the insignia of Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1930.

  • Haese, Richard (1986). "Mann, Gother Victor Fyers (1863–1948)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
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Preceded by Secretary and Superintendent of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
1905 – 1912 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Director and Secretary
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary and Superintendent 		Director and Secretary of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
1912 – 1929 		Succeeded by
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