Harold B. Mattingly

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Harold B (raithwaite) Mattingly (born August 13, 1923 in Finchley , † August 23, 2015 in Truro ) was a British ancient historian and numismatist .

The son of the British Museum numismatist Harold Mattingly studied at Cambridge University , where he took his bachelor's degree in 1947/48 and his master's degree in 1952. From 1950 to 1970 he was first lecturer and from 1955 reader for ancient history at the University of Nottingham . In 1970 Mattingly became a professor at Leeds University . He had been retired since 1987.

Mattingly dealt with various topics in Greek (especially Athenian) and Roman history. Like his father, he also dealt intensively with ancient numismatics. He was a member of the Council of the Royal Numismatic Society from 1960 to 1964 and from 1968 to 1972 .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Athenian empire restored. Epigraphic and historical studies. Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1996, ISBN 0-472-10656-2 .
  • From coins to history. Selected numismatic studies. Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2004, ISBN 0-472-11331-3 .

literature

  • The Academic's Who's Who 1973-1974. 1973.

Remarks

  1. ↑ University of Leeds: Emeritus Professors ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leeds.ac.uk
personal data
SURNAME Mattingly, Harold B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mattingly, Harold Braithwaite (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ancient historian and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Finchley
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2015
Place of death Truro (Cornwall)