Simon Swynfen Jervis (born 9 January 1943) is a British museum director and art historian. His first museum post was at what is now known as

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in 1964, later joining the Department of Furniture at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London, in 1966.National Portrait Gallery
sitter in portrait by Lucy Anne Dickens. He was Director of the

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, Cambridge, from 1990 to 1995, and Historic Buildings Secretary of the

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from 1995 to 2002. He served as president of the

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from 1995 to 2001. In 2021 he was elected president of the

Furniture History Society The Furniture History Society (FHS), which was founded in 1964, is a registered charity in the United Kingdom Background The Furniture History Society is based in London, with close connections at the Victoria & Albert Museum. It was founded by ...

References

Publications (incomplete)

* Jervis, Simon Swynfen. ''British and Irish Inventories: A list and bibliography of published transcriptions of secular inventories''. Leeds,

, 2010 * Jervis, Simon Swynfen. ''The Facts on File Dictionary of Design and Designers''. New York,

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, 1984 * Jervis, Simon Swynfen. ''High Victorian Design''. Woodbridge, Boydell, 1983 * Jervis, Simon Swynfen. ''John Stafford of Bath and his Interior Decorations''. Haywards Heath,

, 2009 * Jervis, Simon Swynfen. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Design and Designers''. Harmondsworth,

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, 1974 * Jervis, Simon Swynfen. ''Victorian Furniture''. London, Sydney,

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, 1968 * Jervis, Simon Swynfen (editor and translator). ''A Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture: Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations''. Los Angeles,

Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".

, 2019 * Jervis, Simon Swynfen, and Dudley Dodd. ''Roman Splendour, English Arcadia: The English taste for

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and the Sixtus cabinet at

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''. London, Philip Wilson, 2015 1943 births Living people Directors of museums in the United Kingdom Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{UK-business-bio-stub