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Head, Barclay Vincent
(387 words)
British numismatist. Born Ipswich 2. 1. 1844, died London 12. 6. 1914. 1864 joined British Museum Department of Coins and Medals as a volunteer. 1893–1906 Keeper of the Coins there. Corresponding member of the French and Prussian Academies of Sciences. Honorary doctorates from Univs. of Heidelberg, Durham and Oxford. ¶ Work and influence On joining the Department of Coins and Medals, H. at first worked with Anglo-Saxon coins, but soon turned to Greek. In 1870, Reginald S. Poole recruited him for the planned
Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum. The first of the 29 vols. (
Italy) of…
Svoronos, Ioannes Nikolaos
(423 words)
Greek numismatist and archaeologist. Born Mykonos 15. 4. 1863, died Athens 7. 9. 1922. Studied in Athens, in 1883 also Paris and London. 1888 assistant on the
Corpus nummorum at the
Königlich-Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin. From 1887 assistant, then 1890–1920 director of the Numismatic Museum of Athens. 1918 prof. ord. in numismatics and sphragistics at the Univ. of Athens. 1914 medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in London, 1920 Huntington Medal of the American Numismatic Society. Career and works S., who came from a prosperous mercantile family, entere…
Göbl, Robert
(383 words)
Austrian numismatist. Born Vienna 4. 8. 1919, died 8. there 8. 12. 1997. After school, army and war service 1938–1947, then a prisoner of war. 1948–1950 studied ancient history and archaeology, doctorate 1950, habil. 1955, all Vienna. From 1965 prof. ext., from 1971 prof. ord. in ancient numismatics and pre-Islamic Central Asian history. 1965–1987 director of the
Institut für Numismatik. 1963 corresponding member and 1971 full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Retired 1989. Work and influence G.’s formative influence was Karl Pink, whose principles developed in Roman numismatics G. applied to other fields of coinage. Through Franz Altheim, he discovered pre-Islamic Near Eastern numismatics, and he wrote works on the seals [3] and coinage of the Sassanids [2] and of the Kushan Empire of Central Asia and India [5]. In 1962, through the agency of Roman Ghirshman, he organized the coin collection at Kabul, and at Peshawar he discovered inscriptions that provided useful information on chronology. The establishment of an absolute mint date for the Kushan King Kanishka I (
c. AD 230) is G.’s achievement. The numismatic institute at the Univ. of Vienna (since 2000 the
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Babelon, Ernest
(398 words)
French numismatist and archaeologist. Born 7. 11. 1854 in Sarrey, died 3. 1. 1924 in Paris. 1874–1878 trained as an archivist. 1878 appointed to the
Cabinet des médailles of the
Bibliothèque nationale in Paris, becoming its assistant director in 1890, then director in 1892. 1908 President of the
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Lecturer (from 1902), then prof. (from 1908) at the
Collège de France. Background, work and influence After beginning as a medievalist, B. became one of the leading specialists in ancient numismatics, and also – with his friend François Lenormant – in ancient Near Eastern languages and cultures. In 1883, he conducted excavations in North Africa …
Cohen, Henry
(369 words)
French numismatist, bibliophile and composer. Born Amsterdam 21. 4. 1806, died Bry-sur-Marne 17. 5. 1880. School at Paris, musical education at the
École royale de chant; 1832–1834 and 1838–1839 stays at Naples. 1859 candidate (
surnuméraire) at the
Cabinet des médailles der ¶
Bibliothèque nati…
Head, Barclay Vincent
(372 words)
Brit. Numismatiker. Geb. am 2. 1. 1844 in Ipswich, gest. am 12. 6. 1914 in London. 1864 Eintritt ins Münzkabinett (Department of Coins and Medals) des British Museum als Volontär; 1893–1906 dessen Direktor (Keeper of the Coins). Korrespondierendes Mitglied der franz. und preuß. Akad. der Wiss. Ehrendoktorate der Univ. Heidelberg, Durham und Oxford. Werk und Wirkung Nach seinem Eintritt ins Münzkabinett beschäftigte sich H. zunächst mit angelsächsischen Münzen, wandte sich aber bald den griech. Münzen zu. 1870 zog ihn Reginald S. Poole zu dem geplanten Katalogwerk
Catalogue of…
Cohen, Henry
(346 words)
Franz. Numismatiker, Buchkundler und Komponist. Geb. am 21. 4. 1806 in Amsterdam, gest. am 17. 5. 1880 in Bry-sur-Marne. Schulbesuch in Paris, Ausbildung in Musik an der Ecole royale de chant; 1832–1834 und 1838–1839 Aufenthalte in Neapel. 1859 Beamtenanwärter (Surnuméraire) am Cabinet des médailles der Bibliothèque nationale, 1862 Angestellter, 1875 Bibliothekar ebda.…
Svoronos, Ioannes Nikolaos
(395 words)
Griech. Numismatiker und Archäologe. Geb. am 15. 4. 1863 auf Mykonos, gest. am 7. 9. 1922 in Athen. Studium in Athen und 1883 in Paris und London. 1888 Mitarbeiter am
Corpus nummorum der Königlich-Preuß. Akad. der Wiss. Berlin; ab 1887 Mitarbeiter,…
Babelon, Ernest
(368 words)
Franz. Numismatiker und Archäologe. Geb. am 7. 11. 1854 in Sarrey, gest. am 3. 1. 1924 in Paris. 1874–1878 Ausbildung zum Archivar. 1878 Eintritt in das Cabinet des médailles der Bibliothèque nationale in Paris,1890 deren stellvertretender Direktor, 1892 Direktor; 1908 Präsident der Acad. des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Ab 1902 Dozent, ab 1908 Prof. am Collège de France.…