The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 36, September 3, 2001, Article 7

PROMINENT NUMISMATIC AUTHORS 

   H. Douglas Owens writes: "The reference to Edward Gibbon 
   got me to wondering what he wrote in the numismatics field. 
   I wonder whether other numismatic works have been authored 
   by persons who rose to prominence in other fields.  Can you 
   or other readers help?  Many thanks." 

   [Back in March we addressed a related question posed by 
   E. Tomlinson Fort:   "Who is the only numismatic author ever 
   to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?" (See vol 4, nos. 10-12). 
   It turns out there were two such authors.   Other related topics 
   have been celebrities who collect coins, such as James Earl 
   Jones (See vol 3, nos. 20-23).  -Editor] 

   For the less prominent among us, Carl Honore writes: "for 
   those aspiring writers, try writing for your local newspapers first. 
   I have a pending coin column in preparation for my local paper 
   here in Sequim.   It's a way to get started..." 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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