Professor Christopher Howgego is a British
numismatist
A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Altho ...
and academic, who is the current keeper of the Heberden coin room at the
Ashmolean Museum. He is also a
Fellow
A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context.
In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
of
Wolfson College, Oxford
Wolfson College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Located in north Oxford along the River Cherwell, Wolfson is an all-graduate college with around sixty governing body fellows, in addition to both research an ...
, and
Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professor ...
of Greek and Roman Numismatics at the
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in contin ...
.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180211/http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/chrishowgego.html
British numismatists
Fellows of Wolfson College, Oxford
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
People associated with the Ashmolean Museum
Alumni of the University of Oxford
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