Harold Mattingly - Wikipedia Harold Mattingly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Harold Mattingly (1884 - 26 January 1964) was a British art historian and numismatist, who specialised in the history of Ancient Rome, especially Etruscan and Roman currency. His son, Harold B. Mattingly (1923-2015) was also a celebrated numismatist, and President of the Royal Numismatic Society 1999-2004.[1] Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 Notes and references 4 External links Biography[edit] Harold Mattingly was born in Sudbury, Suffolk in 1884. He studied at Gonville and Caius College of the University of Cambridge. In 1910 he joined the Department of Printed Books of the British Museum. In 1909 and 1914, showing his interest in Roman history, he published two books on the subject. During the First World War, worked for the Postal Censorship Bureau. At the close of hostilities he returned to his work at the British Museum and his attention carried him towards the study of antique coins. From 1912, Harold Mattingly was a member of the Royal Numismatic Society.[2] He completely revised of the chronology used for the study of Roman coins. He was awarded the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1941.[3] He also translated Tacitus' works "Agricola" and "The Germania". These two translations were published together in 1948 by Penguin Books under the title "Tacitus on Britain and Germany".[4] 27,000 copies of this book were sold in that year.[5] It was reprinted in 1951, 1954,[6] 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1965.[7] The second edition, revised by S A Handford, was published in 1970 under the title "The Agricola and the Germania". The book was revised again in 2009 by J B Rives.[8] Mattingly's translation is considered one of the best and is still used (albeit in edited format) today. He died on 26 January 1964 at the age of 79 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Publications[edit] Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, 6 tomes, British Museum, London, 1923. (with Edward Allen Sydenham), The Roman Imperial Coinage, 10 v., Spink, London, 1923-1994. Roman Coins from the Earliest to the Fall of the Western Empire, Methuen & Co., London, 1928. The Date of the Roman Denarius and Other Landmarks in Early Roman Coinage. H. Milford, London, 1933 Some New Studies of the Roman Republican Coinage. Proceedings of the British Academy : pp. 239–285, 1953. Notes and references[edit] "Dr Harold Mattingly, Distinguished Numismatist", The Times, 1 February 1964, p 10 R A G Carson, "Harold Mattingly 1884-1964" (1965) Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, 7th Series, vol 5, p 239 ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/28/harold-mattingly-obituary ^ Numismatic Chronicle, Chronicle of the Royal Numismatic Society. ^ http://numismatics.org.uk/medals-honorary-fellowship-prizes/the-societys-medal/ ^ Harold Mattingly and Cornelius Tacitus. Tacitus on Britain and Germany. Penguin Books. 1948. Google Books. ^ Jeremy Munday, Evaluation in Translation: Critical Points of Translator Decision-making, Routledge, 2012, p 105 ^ Harold Mattingly and Cornelius Tacitus. Tacitus on Britain and Germany. Penguin Books. 1948. Reprinted 1954. Google Books ^ Harold Mattingly and Cornelius Tacitus. Tacitus on Britain and Germany. Penguin Books. 1948. Reprinted 1965. Google Books. ^ For reviews of, and other commentary on the various editions of this book, see (1971) 1-3 American Classical Review 158 [1]; (1950) 33 Saturday Review of Literature 46 [2] [3]; (1949) 81 Journal of Education 686 [4] [5]; D M Loades, Readers Guide to British History, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003, vol 2, p 1136 [6]; (1968) Arion, p 473 [7]; (1948) 89-100 British Book News 690 [8]; Tacitus: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide, OUP, 2010, p 14 This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Harold Mattingly" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) External links[edit] Works by Harold Mattingly at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Harold Mattingly at Internet Archive Harold Mattingly, Dictionary of Art Historians Roman Imperial Coinage illustrated Roman Imperial Coinage (Fr) History portal Italy portal United Kingdom portal Numismatics portal Authority control General Integrated Authority File ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat National libraries Spain France (data) United States Australia Greece Israel Croatia Netherlands Poland Vatican Scientific databases CiNii (Japan) 2 Other Faceted Application of Subject Terminology RERO (Switzerland) 1 SUDOC (France) 1 Trove (Australia) 1 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harold_Mattingly&oldid=951852063" Categories: People from Sudbury, Suffolk English classical scholars English numismatists English art historians Etruscan scholars 1884 births 1964 deaths Presidents of the Royal Numismatic Society Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from July 2015 Use British English from July 2015 Articles needing additional references from March 2012 All articles needing additional references Articles with Project Gutenberg links Articles with Internet Archive links Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLG identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLI identifiers Wikipedia articles with NSK identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers Wikipedia articles with FAST identifiers Wikipedia articles with RERO identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Wikipedia articles with multiple identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikisource Languages Deutsch Français Galego Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Latina مصرى Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 19 April 2020, at 07:11 (UTC). 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