Christian Giel

Christian Giel (born December 5, 1837 in Wiesbaden , † September 13, 1909 in Dresden ) was a German educator and numismatist in Russia .

Life

Giel was a merchant in Germany . He went to Russia in 1868 to accept a position as a tutor in the Dondukow-Korsakow family. In 1869 he was named by a Countess Tolstoy , probably in the same position . From then on he made a name for himself as a numismatist in St. Petersburg . In 1886, for example, he sold some silver coins to the Münzkabinett Berlin .

In addition, since 1886 he was a corresponding member of the Society for History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia .

Fonts

Small contributions to the ancient numismatics of southern Russia. Herbeck, Moscow 1886, ( digitized version ).

Web links

Entry in the Erik Amburger database

Notes and individual references

^ Or on October 24th in St. Petersburg.
↑ Vladimir F. Stolba: ΣΑΜΜΑΣ. For the coinage of a Bosporan tyrant. In: Ulrike Peter (ed.): Stephanos nomismatikos. Edith Schönert-Geiss on her 65th birthday. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-05-003294-4 , pp. 601–611, here p. 601 .
↑ Meeting reports of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia. 1905 (1906), ZDB -ID 204494-8 , p. 129.

personal data
SURNAME	Giel, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German educator and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 5, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1909
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Or on October 24th in St. Petersburg.

[2] Vladimir F. Stolba: ΣΑΜΜΑΣ. For the coinage of a Bosporan tyrant. In: Ulrike Peter (ed.): Stephanos nomismatikos. Edith Schönert-Geiss on her 65th birthday. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-05-003294-4 , pp. 601–611, here p. 601 .

[3] Meeting reports of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia. 1905 (1906), ZDB -ID 204494-8 , p. 129.