Henry Noel Humphreys
British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, and numismatist
About Henry Noel Humphreys
Lived 1810 – 1879 (aged 69). Henry Noel Humphreys was a British illustrator, writer, numismatist, lepidopterist, art historian and artist.
alt=A book cover sculpted in black papier-mâché depicting a large crest of the British Empire surrounded by acorns, roses, thistles, and shamrocks. The back cover of Humphreys' Coinage of the British Empire, in a papier-mâché binding also designed by Humphreys. Henry Noel Humphreys (1810–1879), was a British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, and numismatist.
Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man, and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts, Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins, archaeology, and the art of writing and printing.
He died on 10 June 1879.
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British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, and numismatist (1810–1879)
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Henry Noel Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham.
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Henry Noel Humphreys died on 10 June 1879 in London.
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Henry Noel Humphreys was an illustrator, writer, numismatist, lepidopterist, art historian and artist.
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Henry Noel Humphreys was British.
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