Adrian David Hugh Bivar,
FRAS FRAS may refer to:
* Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, post-nominal letters
* Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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(abbreviated A.D.H. Bivar) (1926 - 2015) was a British
numismatist and archaeologist, who was
Emeritus
''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...
Professor of
Iranian Studies at the
School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London. He specialized in
Sasanian seals and
rock reliefs,
Kushan
The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, i ...
o-Sasanian coins and chronology,
Mithraic iconography,
Arsacid history and
pre-Islamic folklore.
[Encyclopaedia Iranica (2010)]
Iranian Studies in Britain, Pre-Islamic
Retrieved on 2010-04-17. His written works include book chapters written for the ''Fischer Weltgeschichte'' (vol.16, 1966) and ''
The Cambridge History of Iran'' (1983).
References
External links
Bibliography of A.D.H. Bivar, in Bulletin of the Asia Institute, vol.7, Iranian Studies in Honor of A.D.H. Bivar (1993), pp. 5-8Obituary in Iran, Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies, Volume 44, 2006 - Issue 1
Academics of SOAS University of London
British numismatists
British archaeologists
Iranologists
Living people
Presidents of the Royal Asiatic Society
Year of birth missing (living people)
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