Vivian Mercier
 Vivian Mercier (1919–1989) was an Irish literary critic. He was born in Clara County Offaly Ireland and educated first at Portora Royal School Enniskillen Co. Fermanagh and then at Trinity College Dublin. He became a Scholar of the College and edited the student magazine T.C.D. Miscellany. After taking his doctorate at Trinity he taught in American universities from the 1940s to the 1980s; his last post was Professor of English at the University of California Santa Barbara.