Heinrich Usefulel

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Heinrich Usefulel ( October 31, 1863 - April 9, 1934 ) was a German orientalist and numismatist .

In 1891 he received his doctorate from the University of Jena under Johann Gustav Stickel . In the same year he became an employee of the Berlin Münzkabinett , initially as a scientific assistant, from 1897 as assistant director and from 1912 until his retirement as a result of an accident at the end of 1926 as custodian of oriental coins. In January 1927 he moved to Tübingen . In 1907 he was given the title of professor.

He dealt with the numismatics of the Orient and published the catalog of the oriental coins of the Berlin Münzkabinett sorted by dynasties.

Fonts (selection)

  • Rasulid coins, along with an outline of the history of this Yemeni dynasty . Pormetter, Berlin 1891 (dissertation).
  • The Mahdi uprising in Sudan and the coins that emerged from it . In: Berliner Münzblätter 15, 1894
  • Catalog of Oriental Coins . Volume 1: The coins of the Eastern Khalifa . Spemann, Berlin 1898.
  • Catalog of Oriental Coins . Volume 2: The coins of the Muslim dynasties of Spain and western North Africa . Spemann, Berlin 1902.

literature

  • Hermann Simon : Heinrich Vorteilel (1863–1934) . In: Numismatic Contributions No. 3, 1988, pp. 130-131.
  • Bernd Kluge : The coin cabinet. Museum and science institute (= Das Münzkabinett 9). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Münzkabinett, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-88609-494-4 . P. 104.

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personal data
SURNAME Usefulel, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orientalist and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1863
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1934