Julius Gottlieb Iversen (russian: Юлий Богданович Иверсен, translit=Julij Bogdanovič Iversen; in

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– in

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) was a Russian phalerist (scholar of

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s). Iversen, of

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ethnicity, was born in

on April 5, 1823. He studied at

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from 1842 to 1846. In 1850 he received the title of

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(equivalent to a modern Western

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) and in that same year arrived in

. Iversen taught ancient languages in Anglican and

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schools from 1851 to 1885. From 1855 to 1880 he taught Greek and Latin at the

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, a prominent Lutheran school which mostly served St. Petersburg's German community. In 1879 Iversen was appointed senior keeper of the parlor of mintage at the

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. Iversen's first published work was ''Article on Russian Medallions'' which appeared in the Petrischule Programme for 1870. His other works include: *''Medals bestowed by Catherine II to certain individuals in the Don Army'' (1870) *''Medals of Peter the Great'' (1872) *''Dictionary of Medal Recipients and Other Persons whose Names are Found on Russian Medals'' (1874) *''Medals in Honor of Russian Government Officials and Private Individuals'' (1878–1883) *''Medals Created During the Reign of Alexander II'' (1880) Iversen also published a series of articles in various issues of ''Archaeology'', articles on medals in the ''Berliner Blätter'', and articles in the ''Proceedings of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society'' and the proceedings of archaeological congresses.

References

:''This article incorporates material from the ''Энциклопедического словаря Брокгауза и Ефрона (

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)'' (1890-1907), which is in the public domain.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Iversen, Julius 1823 births 1900 deaths Historians from the Russian Empire Male writers from the Russian Empire