James Millingen

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James Millingen (18 January 1774 – 1 October 1845), was a Dutch-English

archaeologist and numismatist
.

Life

He was the second son of Michael Millingen, a Dutch merchant originally from

John Gideon Millingen
was a younger brother.

James was educated at

Charles Athanase Walckenaer, De Non, D'Aumont, and other archaeologists. Late in 1792 Millingen was arrested as a British subject by a decree of the National Convention, and confined first in the prison of the Madelonettes, then in that of the Luxembourg, and finally in the Collège des Écossais, where he remained until released after the Thermidorian Reaction in July 1794. At the Collège des Écossais he became acquainted with two fellow-prisoners, Charles Este, son of the Rev. Charles Este (1753–1829), and Sir Robert Smith of Beerchurch Hall, Essex.[1]

On obtaining his liberty Millingen settled in Calais, but subsequently became a partner in the banking house of Sir Robert Smith & Co. in the Rue Céruti, Paris. The concern failed, and Millingen was thrown on his own resources. An

Institute of France
(18 January 1833), and member of other learned academies of Europe.

Millingen, when on the eve of leaving from Florence to visit London, died of a severe catarrhal affection on 1 October 1845.

Family

He married, at Calais about 1797, Elizabeth Penny, daughter of Christopher White of Calais, and had three sons, including Julius Michael Millingen, physician to Lord Byron, and a daughter. He was a staunch Anglican, and when his wife and daughter became Roman Catholics a separation between him and them followed.

Publications

  • Recueil de quelques médailles grecques inédites, De Romanis, Rome, 1812[4]
  • Considérations sur la numismatique de l'ancienne Italie : principalement sous ..., Joseph Molini, Florence, 1841.[5]
  • Peintures antiques de vases grecs de la collection de Sir John Coghill Bart, Romanis, 1817.
  • Peintures antiques et inédites de vases grecs : tirées de divers collections, avec des explications, éditeur Imprimé par De Romanis, 1813.
  • Histoire métallique de Napoléon : ou, Recueil des médailles et des monnaies qui ont été frappées depuis la première campagne de l'armée d'Italie jusqu'à la fin de son règne, éditeur A. Delahays, 1854.
  • Considérations sur la numismatique de l'ancienne Italie principalement sous le rapport de Monumens historiques et philologiques, éditeur Jos. Molini, 1844.
  • Peintures antiques et inédites de vases grecs tirées de diverses collections, éditeur de Romanis, 1813.
  • avec Salomon Reinach, Aubin Louis Millin, Peintures de vases antiques recueillies par Millin (1808) et Millingen (1813), vol. 2, Bibliothèque des monuments figurés grecs et romains, éditeur Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1891.

Notes

  1. ^
    OCLC 1554846
    .
  2. ^ Mongér was not the director of the mint. Augustin Dupré was director of the Paris mint ( Graveur général des monnaies) from 1791 to 1803. The famous French mineralogist was Jean-André Mongez who died in 1788 in the Solomon Islands.
  3. ^ Abbé Jean-Jacques Barthélemy was the curator of the numismatic collection at the time. Courcy Barthélemy was the nephew of the curator, and in 1791 went to work for his uncle. They were both arrested briefly on 2 September 1793 but spent less than 24 hours in the Madelonettes prison. "Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4. 1854. p. 480.
  4. ^ Millingen, J. (1812). Récueil de quelques médailles grecques inédites (in French). Imprimé par De Romanis.
  5. ^ Millingen, J. (1841). Considérations sur la numismatique de l'ancienne Italie principalement sous le rapport de monumens historiques et philologiques (in French). Joseph Molini.

References

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