Patrick Bruun

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Patrick Magnus Bruun (born April 17, 1920 in Helsinki ; died June 30, 2007 in Turku ) was a Finnish ancient historian and numismatist .

Bruun was the son of Otto Bruun and Elsa Maria, née Inberg, and brother of the sociologist Kettil Brunn . Brunn, who received his doctorate in 1953 at the University of Helsinki with his thesis “ The Constantinian Coinage of Arelate ”, was cultural editor from 1952 to 1957 and from 1957 to 1960 editorial secretary at the Finnish newspaper “ Nya Pressen ”. From 1956 to 1972 he was a lecturer in Roman numismatics at the University of Helsinki, interrupted from 1965 to 1968 when he was director of the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae in Rome . In 1968 he was appointed to the Chair of General History at Åbo Akademi , the Swedish-speaking university in Turku , to which he was a professor until 1983 and whose Vice-Rector he was from 1969 to 1975.

Bruun found his research focus in Roman numismatics, especially in late antiquity . In 1966 he wrote the seventh volume of the novel Imperial Coinage , which covers the period of Constantinus I and Licinius (the years 313–337 AD).

Fonts (selection)

  • The Constantinian Coinage of Arelate (= Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistyksen aikakauskirja. 52, 2, ISSN  0355-1822 ). Puromiehen Kirjapaino, Helsinki 1953.
  • Studies in Constantinian Chronology (= Numismatic Notes and Monographs. 146, ISSN  0078-2718 ). American Numismatic Society, New York NY 1961.
  • Constantine and Licinius. AD 313-337 (= The Roman Imperial Coinage . Vol. 7). Spink, London 1966.
  • The late Roman coin as an object of retention (= studies of found coins from antiquity. 4). Mann, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7861-1380-7 .
  • Studies in Constantinian Numismatics. Papers from 1954 to 1988 (= Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae. 12, ISSN  0538-2270 ). Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, Rome 1991.

literature

  • Rolf Westman : Patrick Bruun. In: Max Engman (Ed.): Historiens Studium vid Åbo Akademi. Åbo Akademis förlag, Åbo 1991, ISBN 951-9498-94-X , pp. 219-243, (Swedish).

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personal data
SURNAME Bruun, Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bruun, Patrick Magnus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ancient historian and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 2007
Place of death Turku