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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 37, September 9, 2001, Article 8

PROMINENT NUMISMATIC AUTHORS 

   NBS President Pete Smith writes: "I would like to respond 
   to the question from H. Douglas Owens about numismatic 
   authors who were prominent in other fields.  There are many. 

   The first that comes to mind is Dr. William Sheldon, who 
   wrote the classic reference on early large cents.  He wrote 
   four books on topics related to Sociology.  His theories were 
   taught back when I went to college but have been discredited 
   by the current generation of educators. 

   When I was researching my book, "American Numismatic 
   Biographies",  I found that many numismatic authors were 
   prominent in some other field such as business, education, 
   law or medicine.   I will suggest that past authors fall into 
   three groups. (A) numismatic dealers; (B) numismatic collectors 
   who write about their areas of interest; and (C) numismatic 
   scholars.  The people in group C are also likely to be 
   prominent in some other field." 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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