Gervase is a masculine given name which may refer to:

Pre-modern era

:''Ordered chronologically'' * Gervase of Besançon (died 685), saint and a

bishop of Besançon A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Gervase of Bazoches Gervase of Bazoches, who is also known as Gervaise (died in Damascus in May 1108), was Prince of Galilee from 1105/1106 until his death. He was born into a French noble family but migrated to the Holy Land, where King Baldwin I of Jerusalem made ...

(died 1108), Prince of Galilee *

Gervase of Blois Gervase of Blois was the Abbot of Westminster in England between 1138 and around 1157. Historically, Gervase has a bad reputation for mismanaging the abbey, although modern historians have re-evaluated his performance as abbot. Biography Gervase ...

(died c. 1157), Abbot of Westminster in England *

Gervase of Canterbury Gervase of Canterbury (; Latin: Gervasus Cantuariensis or Gervasius Dorobornensis) (c. 1141 – c. 1210) was an English chronicler. Life If Gervase's brother Thomas, who like himself was a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, was Thomas of Ma ...

(c. 1141–c. 1210), English chronicler *

Gervase de Cornhill Gervase de Cornhill (sometimes Gervase of Cornhill; 1110 – c. 1183) was an Anglo-Norman royal official and sheriff. Beginning his royal service as a justice in London in 1147, he continued to serve both King Stephen of England and Henry II ...

(c. 1110–c. 1183), Anglo-Norman royal official and sheriff *

Gervase of Tilbury Gervase of Tilbury ( la, Gervasius Tilberiensis; 1150–1220) was an English canon lawyer, statesman and cleric. He enjoyed the favour of Henry II of England and later of Henry's grandson, Emperor Otto IV, for whom he wrote his best known work, t ...

(c. 1150–c. 1228), English chronicler *

Gervase of Ebstorf Gervase of Ebstorf (''floruit, fl.'' 1234-1240) is best known as the author of the Ebstorf Map, a medieval mappa mundi created between 1234 and 1240. He may or may not be the same man as Gervase of Tilbury, author of the ''Otia Imperialia'', "Recr ...

, author of the Ebstorf Map created c. 1234; possibly the same man as Gervase of Tilbury * Gervase Alard (1270–1340), Admiral of the Cinque Ports Fleet and Admiral of the Western Fleet of the English Navy

Modern era

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Gervase Babington Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610) was an English churchman, serving as the Bishop of Llandaff (1591–1594), Bishop of Exeter (1594–1597) and Bishop of Worcester in 1597–1610. He was a member of the Babington family and held influentia ...

(1549/1550–1610), Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Worcester *

Gervase Beckett The Honourable Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (14 January 1866 – 24 August 1937), born William Gervase Beckett-Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician. Business career Beckett was the son of William Beckett-Deniso ...

(1866–1937), British banker and Member of Parliament *

Gervase de Peyer Gervase Alan de Peyer (11 April 1926 – 4 February 2017) was an English clarinettist and conductor. Professional career Gervase Alan de Peyer was born in London, the eldest of three children of Everard Esmé Vivian de Peyer, and his wife, Edith ...

(born 1926), English clarinettist and conductor * Gervase Elwes (1866–1921), English tenor * Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet (1628–1706), English Member of Parliament * Gervase Elwes, junior (c. 1657–c. 1687), English Member of Parliament, son of the 1st baronet * Gervase Holles (1607–1675), English lawyer, antiquarian and Member of Parliament * Gervase Jackson-Stops (1947–1995), English architectural historian *

Gervase Markham Gervase (or Jervis) Markham (ca. 1568 – 3 February 1637) was an English poet and writer. He was best known for his work '' The English Huswife, Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Woman'', first publishe ...

(1568?–1637), English poet and writer * Gervase Peterson (born 1969), American contestant on the show ''Survivor'' * Gervase Phinn (born 1946), English educator

Fictional characters

Gervase Fen Gervase Fen is a fictional amateur detective and Oxford Professor of English Language and Literature created by Edmund Crispin. Fen appears in nine novels and two books of short stories published between 1944 and 1979. Fen is an unconventional de ...

, fictional detective in novels by Edmund Crispin

Pre-modern era

Modern era

Fictional characters

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