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Hoernle, Augustus F.R. (Augustus Frederic Rudolf), 1841-1918
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- 1841 - 1918
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- Augustus F. R. (Frederic Rudolf) Hoernle (1841-1918) was an Indologist, philologist, and numismatist born at Secundra, near Agra, India. He left for Europe as a young boy in 1848 and attended universities in Basel, Switzerland (1858), and London (1860). He returned to India in 1865, becoming professor of philosophy at Jay Narayan’s College in Benares. He was a scholar of Indo-Aryan languages and is remembered for deciphering the Bower Manuscript. He retired to Oxford, England.
Holland, Leonard
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- Leonard Holland of Reading, Pennsylvania, was a collector of large copper U.S. cents, including many Condition Census coins. His collection was sold by Pennypacker Auctions on May 8, 1959.
Huntington, Archer M. (Archer Milton), 1870-1955
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- March 10, 1870 - December 11, 1955
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- President of the ANS from 1905 to 1910, Huntington's more significant contribution came as a benefactor. Gifts from Huntington included coins and medal for the Society's collection and significant financial aid, including funds for the construction of the Society's Audubon Terrace facility and to start various endowments.
Hurter, Silvia
- Exist Dates
- 1933 - 2009
- Abstract
- Silvia Mani Hurter was a numismatist, authoring numerous monographs on Greek coinage.
Ives, Herbert E. (Herbert Eugene), 1882-1953
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- July 21, 1882 - November 1953
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- President of the ANS from 1942 to 1947, Ives initiated educational programming which led to the creation of the Society's Graduate Summer Seminar program in 1954.
Jameson, Robert
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- December 23, 1861 - 1942
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- Robert Jameson was a major collector of coins whose published collection remains a major reference work.
Jenkins, G. K. (Gilbert Kenneth), 1918-2005
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- July 2, 1918 - May 22, 2005
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- Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins (2 July 1918 – 22 May 2005) was a leading figure in 20th-century numismatics. He was the post-war generation's most important expert in the study of Greek coins and medals and would become Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum in 1965.
Jones, John F. (John Frederick), 1864 or 5-1961
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- 1864/1865Uncertain - 1961
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- City engineer John F. Jones (1864 or 5-1961) of Jamestown, New York, was a founding member of the Chautauqua County Coin, Stamp, and Curio Club in 1930 and is listed as member number six of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), which was officially organized in 1891 and reorganized in 1899.
Kambanis, Michel L.
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- Michel L. Kambanis was a French numismatist.
Kelley, Robert F., 1894-1976
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- 1894 - 1976
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- Coin collector and State Department official Robert F. Kelley (1894-1976) was born in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Kisch, Guido, 1889-1985
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- 1889 - 1985
- Abstract
- Guido Kisch (1889-1985) was a professor of jurisprudence and the history of law and a collector of medals, tokens, and coins relating to law and the legal profession.
Kosoff, A. (Abraham Kosoff), 1912-1983
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- 1912 - 1983
Kownacki, Joseph
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- Joseph Kownacki was a police detective in Trenton, New Jersey. He corresponded with ANS curator Nancy Waggoner on the theft of coins from the collection of Theodore Leslie Shear, which were recovered in 1968.
Kroll, John H.
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- February 12, 1938 -
- Abstract
- John Hennig Kroll is a major scholar of Greek numismatics.
Kunz, George F. (George Frederick), 1856-1932
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- September 29, 1856 - June 29, 1932
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- Mineralogist and gem expert George F. Kunz (1856-1932) became a vice president at Tiffany & Company at the age of 23, a position he held until his death.
Köhler, Ulrich
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- November 6, 1838 - October 21, 1903
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- Ulrich Köhler (6 November 1838 Kleinneuhausen, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – 21 October 1903 Berlin) was a German archaeologist. His principal work is the second volume of Corpus inscriptionum atticarum (Berlin 1877-95), which contains the inscriptions from the time of the Archon Euclides to Augustus.
Lawrence, Richard Hoe, 1858-1936
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- 1858 - 1936
- Abstract
- Richard Hoe Lawrence (1858-1936) of New York City was a numismatic collector and scholar who was closely associated with the American Numismatic and Archeological Society (later the American Numismatic Society) during its early formative years in the nineteenth century. He amassed notable collections of Roman Republican and Early Imperial denarii and served as the Society’s curator (1879) and librarian (1880-1885), overseeing the production of the library’s first printed catalog. Lawrence served as president of the Grolier Club in New York City (1906-1908).
Lederer, Philipp, 1872-1944
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- 1872 - 1944
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- Philipp Lederer (1872-1944), was a numismatist who wrote works on the coins of Segesta and Nagidos, including Die Tetradrachmenpragung von Segesta (1910). He studied classical archaeology and ancient philology in Munich, earning a doctorate in 1910. Lederer fled the Nazis to Switzerland in 1939, living the last years of his life in Lugano.
Lee, Kenneth W., 1907-1980
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- 1907 - 1980
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- Kenneth W. Lee (1907-1980) was the author of California Gold Dollars, Half Dollars, Quarter Dollars (1970 & 1979), an updating of California Gold, Quarters-Halves-Dollars: a Descriptive List of Privately Issued, Interesting and Historical Coins of Small Denominations (1932), which was written by his father, Edward (Ed) Melvin Lee (1871-1943).
Levick, Joseph N. T. (Joseph Napoleon Tricot), 1828-1908
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- 1828 - September 07, 1908
- Abstract
- Treasurer of the ANS from 1867 to 1875, Levick helped found the Society's successful publications program in 1866 when he championed the effort to launch the first American numismatic journal — The American Journal of Numismatics.
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