About Barclay Vincent Head
Lived 1844 – 1914 (aged 70). Barclay Vincent Head was a British numismatist and art historian.
Barclay Vincent Head (c. 1844–1914) was a British numismatist and keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum.
Life Head started work at the British Museum in 1864. He rose to be keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum (1893 to 1906). He published over many years eight of the thirty book catalogue of the museum's Greek coins.
Honours and awards
1907 - awarded the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society 1914 - elected Honorary Member of the Academia Romana, Bucharest
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Who was Barclay Vincent Head?
British numismatist (1844-1914)
When was Barclay Vincent Head born?
Barclay Vincent Head was born on 2 January 1844 in Ipswich.
When did Barclay Vincent Head die?
Barclay Vincent Head died on 12 June 1914 in London.
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Barclay Vincent Head was a numismatist and art historian.
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Barclay Vincent Head was British.
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