Frederic William Madden

Frederic William Madden (9 April 1839 – 20 June 1904), son of Frederic Madden, was an employee of the British Museum and an authority on Roman, Jewish and Christian numismatics.^[1]

Biography

Madden was born at his father’s official residence at the British Museum on 9 April 1839. He attended Merchant Taylors’, St Paul’s and Charterhouse Schools. He became an assistant in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum in 1859, and remained there until 1868. He then worked on various International Exhibitions. In 1874 he became Secretary and Librarian to the Brighton College, and from 1888 to 1902 he was Chief Librarian of the Public Library in Brighton.

His participation in numismatics

Madden was an Honorary Member of several American Numismatic and Antiquarian Societies. He joined the Royal Numismatic Society in 1858, became Secretary in 1860, and was a joint editor of its journal, the Numismatic Chronicle. He received the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1896, and was made an Honorary Fellow of the society in 1898. He is especially associated with research on Jewish, Christian and Roman coins. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1877.

Publications

• The Handbook of Roman Numismatics (1861)
• The History of Jewish Coinage and Money in the Old and New Testaments (1864)
• The Coins of the Jews (1881)

Links

The papers of Frederic William Madden at the Portsmouth History Centre^[2]

References