John Vivian (historian)

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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.