Christian Martin Frähn
Appearance
Christian Martin Joachim (von) Frähn (4 June 1782 – 16 August 1851), German and Russian numismatist and historian, was born at Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Frähn began his Oriental studies under
Asiatic museum and councillor of state. He died at St Petersburg.[2]
Frähn wrote over 150 works. Among the more important are:[2]
- Numophylacium orientale Pototianum (1813)
- De numorum Bulgharicorum fonte antiquissimo (1816)
- Das muhammedanische Münzkabinett des asiatischen Museum der kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St Petersburg (1821)
- Numi cufici ex variis museis selecti (1823)
- Notice d'une centaine d'ouvrages arabes, &c., qui manquent en grande partie aux bibliothèques de l'Europe (1834)
- Nova supplementa ad recensionem Num. Muham. Acad. Imp. Sci. Petropolitanae (1855)
His description of some medals struck by the
Latin
types.
Correspondence
Frähn had vivid correspondence with other academics. Among them also
Samuel Gottlieb Rudolph Henzi, professor in Tartu.[3]
Notes
- ^ See entry of Christian Martin Joachim Frähn in Rostock Matrikelportal
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Collection of letters in manuscript archive of Henzi in the University Library of Tartu.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Frahn, Christian Martin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 773. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the