Frederic William Madden
Frederic William Madden (born April 9, 1839 in London , † June 21, 1904 in Brighton ) was a British numismatist and librarian .
Life
Frederic William Madden was the eldest of six children born to Frederic Madden and Emily Sarah. Robinson.
After attending the Merchant Taylors' School , St. Paul's School and Charterhouse School , he did not start studying, but worked as an assistant to the Antiquities Department of the British Museum from 1858 . After this was split in 1861, he worked in the Department of Coins and Medals. Over time he gained some fame as a numismatist. His career suffered an abrupt break in 1868: in 1864 Edward Wigan had donated his significant ancient coin collection to the museum, and Madden kept a few duplicates in his private apartment, which he eventually sold. Wigan viewed this as a misunderstanding, but the announcement of the transaction resulted in Madden's resignation in 1868. He then created catalogs for coin exhibitions, was employed as a secretary at Brighton College from 1874 and was the chief librarian of the Brighton City Library from 1888 to 1902. In 1896 Madden was awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society .
Frederic William Madden was married to Elizabeth Sarah Rannie; the couple had four children.
plant
As secretary of the London Numismatic Society , Madden was editor of the Numismatic Chronicle for several years , to which he contributed numerous articles.
Madden's main work was Coins of the Jews (1881), the second volume of the International Numismata orientalia. A History of Jewish Coinage (1864), the standard work for this area of numismatics until the middle of the 20th century, is a preliminary work .
Publications (selection)
- History of Jewish coinage and of money in the Old and New Testament , London 1864. ( digitized version )
- Coins of the Jews, London 1881. ( digitized version )
literature
- NN: Proceedings of the Royal Numismatic Society , in: The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society , Fourth Series, Vol. 5 (1905), pp. 27f.
- Arthur Charles Fox-Davies: Armorial Families, 6th edition, London 1910, p. 1084.
- NN: Obituary, Frederic William Madden . In: American Journal of Numismatics 39, No. 4 (April 1905), p. 119.
- Marjorie L. Caygill: Art. Madden, Frederic William . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Volume 36, Oxford 2004.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marjorie L. Caygill: Art. Madden, Frederic William .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Madden, Frederic William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Madden, Frederic W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British numismatist, librarian and paleographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1904 |
| Place of death | Brighton |