ARTHUR WHITE WESTHORPE (1869-1927)

Arthur White Westhorpe (1869-1927), was born in February, 1869, in Gloucestershire, England, son of George Westhorpe (1826-), and Anne Maria Westhorpe (1829-). In 1878 at age nine he began collecting English farthings. By 1879 he already amassed an extensive collection of over 100 English and foreign coins and medals. In 1880 he collected his first brass Roman coin that sparked his interest into a specialty. He came to America in 1886. He worked in a dry goods store at Yankton, South Dakota. About 1898 he began to work for the Gazette at Yankton as city editor.

He was called the "Hobby Man of Yankton" since he was both a lepidopterist and numismatist, as well as a genealogist who often assisted Daughters of the American Revolution trace their ancestry.

He applied for membership in the A. N. A. and became friends with Dr. George Francis Heath (1850-1908). He became A.N.A. Member No. 127 when Dr. Heath reassigned the numbers. He collected ancient Roman and Middle Eastern coins. He reapplied in May 1909.

He worked as the city editor of a newspaper, The Press and Dakotan.

He was a member of the British Numismatic Society.

In 1894 he married Clara Louise Edwards (1873-1908). They had four children... His ancient coin collection was sold on February 18, 1910, by Ben G. Green, 51st sale.

He donated a collection of ancient Roman coins to Yankton College and it is now in their museum.

In December 1919 he complete the task of attributing the vast collection of ancient coins in the Conception Abbey Museum, Conception, Missouri. They were discovered in an ancient vase in an excavation at Jerusalem by a Benedictine monk and sent to the Abbey at Conception.

In 1921 he was hailed as the oldest member of the A.N.A.

He died in January 4, 1927 at Yankton, South Dakota. He is buried at Yankton Memorial Cemetery, Yankton, South Dakota.

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