Seth William Stevenson
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Seth William Stevenson | |
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| Born | 1784 |
| Died | 22 December 1853 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Antiquarian |
Seth William Stevenson (1784 – 22 December 1853) was an English antiquarian.
Biography
William, was taken into partnership with his father,
Numismatic Society in 1836 he became a member. For many years all his leisure time was engaged in composing a complete dictionary of Roman coins. His idea was to give an explanation of the types, symbols, and devices on consular and imperial coins, biographical notices of the emperors from Julius to Mauricius, and mythological, historical, and geographical notices in elucidation of rare coins. This work, with illustrations by Frederick William Fairholt, was left incomplete at the time of his death, as to the last letters U to Z. It was then revised in part by Charles Roach Smith, and, being completed by Frederic William Madden
, was published, after many delays, in 1889 under the title of ‘A Dictionary of Roman Coins, Republican and Imperial,’ and remains the standard work on the subject. Stevenson died at Cambridge on 22 December 1853, in the house of his son-in-law, John Deighton, surgeon.
By his wife Mary, he had two sons, of whom Mr. Henry Stevenson, F.L.S., is author of ‘The Birds of Norfolk’ (1866–90, 3 vols. 8vo).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Boase, George Clement (1898). "Stevenson, Seth William". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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