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JOHN YONGE AKERMAN (1806-1873)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 455 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN YONGE AKERMAN (1806-1873)  ,
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English antiquarian, distinguished chiefly in the department of numismatics, was born in Wiltshire . He became early known in connexion with his favourite study, having initiated the Numismatic Journal in 1836 . In the following
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year he became the secretary of the newly established Numismatic Society . In 1848 he was elected secretary to the Society of Antiquaries, an office which he was compelled to resign in 186o on account of failing
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health . Akerman published a considerable number of
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works on his
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special subject, the more important being a Catalogue of
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Roman Coins (1839); a Numismatic
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Manual (184o); Roman Coins
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relating to Britain (1844) Ancient Coins—Hispania, Gallia, Britannih (1846); and Numismatic Illustrations of the New Testament (1846) . He wrote also a Glossary of Words used in Wiltshire (1842); Wiltshire Tales, illustrative of the Dialect (1853); and Remains of Pagan Saxondom (1855) .

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