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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

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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