Taylor Combe
Taylor Combe FRS (1774 – 7 July 1826) was an English numismatist and archæologist.
Life
He was the eldest son of Dr. Charles Combe, the physician and numismatist. He was educated at Harrow School and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. on 5 June 1795, M.A. 10 July 1798.[1]
In 1803, he obtained an appointment in the
Combe was elected a
Combe held his keepership till his death, which took place, after a long illness, at the British Museum on 7 July 1826. He was buried on 14 July, in the family vault in the Bloomsbury burial-ground.[1]
Legacy
Combe's library of classical and numismatic books, together with a collection of prints and some of his manuscripts, was sold by auction at Sotheby's on 7 December 1826 and eleven following days. The sum realised was £1,879 15s. 6d. A medal of Combe, by Benedetto Pistrucci and W. J. Taylor, was struck after his death.[1]
Works
As numismatist and archæologist Combe published these works, issued officially by the Museum trustees:
- Veterum populorum et regum numi qui in Museo Britannico adservantur, London, 1814. This catalogue of the Museum Greek coins was superseded by the Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, begun in 1873.
- Description of the Anglo-Gallic Coins in the British Museum, London, with engraved plates. The volume was edited and published after his death by Edward Hawkins.
- A Description of the Collection of Ancient Terracottas in the British Museum, London, 1810, with forty engraved plates.
- A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum, London, 4to—parts i–iv. (1812–20), and a considerable portion of part v. (1826), which was completed and published after his death by Hawkins. The Description was carried on by Hawkins, Charles Robert Cockerell, and Samuel Birch (parts vi–xi. 1830–61).
Family
Combe married, in 1808, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Edward Whitaker Gray. [1]
References
External links
Works by or about Taylor Combe at Wikisource
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wroth, Warwick William (1887). "Combe, Taylor". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 430.
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