Simon Swynfen Jervis

Simon Swynfen Jervis FSA (born 9 January 1943)[1] is a British museum director and art historian.[2]

His first museum post was at what is now known as Leicester Museum and Art Gallery in 1964, later joining the Department of Furniture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 1966.[3] He was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, from 1990 to 1995,[4] and Historic Buildings Secretary of the National Trust from 1995 to 2002.

He served as president of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 1995 to 2001. In 2021, he was elected president of the Furniture History Society.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Simon Swynfen Jervis, Esq, FSA Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today". Debretts.com. 9 January 1943. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Jervis, Simon Swynfen", Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012; online edn, November 2012 accessed 5 March 2013
  3. ^ National Portrait Gallery, sitter in portrait by Lucy Anne Dickens.
  4. ^ "Simon Swynfen Jervis". Our Directors. UK: Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2024.