Julius Friedländer (numismatist)

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Julius Friedländer (Photo 1870)

Eduard Julius Theodor Friedländer (born June 25, 1813 in Berlin ; † April 4, 1884 there ) was a German numismatist .

Life

Friedländer was the son of the private scholar and coin collector Benoni Friedländer and his wife Rebecca von Halle, daughter of the Berlin banker Joel Samuel von Halle and his wife Edel (Adelaide) Levy. Julius Friedländer was baptized Protestant together with his siblings in 1818. He attended the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin and studied medicine, archeology and history at the universities of Bonn and Berlin . In Bonn he was a member of the Corps Borussia . In 1838 and 1839 he toured Italy . In 1840, after completing his doctorate , Friedländer received an (initially unpaid) job at the royal collection of ancient coins in Berlin. Through considerable acquisitions during recent trips to Italy together with Theodor Mommsen (1844–47), he laid the foundation for the current importance of the coin cabinet in Berlin's Bode Museum . In 1858 he became head of the department for ancient coins and in 1868 director of the united coin cabinet. As such he made himself through purchases of entire collections (such as that of his father Benoni Friedländer in 1861, that of General Fox in London in 1873 and Count Anton von Prokesch-Osten in Graz 1873-1875), through publications, appropriate arrangement and utilization of the collected treasures earned. From 1872 he was a full member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences . His grave was in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I in the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg .

Medal Julius Friedlaender 1891

In 1886, the participants of the fourth Association of German Coin Researchers decided to mint a medal in memory of Julius Friedlaender. It was published on the fifth association day in Dresden in 1891. The piece was made by medalist Max Barduleck .

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  1. ↑ Death register, registry office Berlin XII No. 959 from April 4, 1884
  2. ↑ Friedländer resigned as a full member in September 1874 for health reasons. The status of his membership was changed in 1875 to that of an honorary member. See Friedländer, Julius (Eduard Julius Theodor) . In: Werner Hartkopf: The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700–1990. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-05-002153-5 , p. 100.
  3. ↑ Stefan Krmnicek, Marius Gaidys: Taught images. Classical scholars on 19th century medals. Accompanying volume to the online exhibition in the Digital Coin Cabinet of the Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Tübingen (= From Croesus to King Wilhelm. New Series, Volume 3). University Library Tübingen, Tübingen 2020, p. 22 f. ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Friedländer, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedländer, Eduard Julius Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1884
Place of death Berlin