Edmundas Antanas Rimša Lithuania

Lithuania

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n historian, specialist of heraldics

Heraldry

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, sfragistics and genealogy

Genealogy

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Biography

1977 graduated Vilnius University

Vilnius University

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. Worked in Lithuanian SSR Ministry of culture. From 1981 he began working in Lithuanian History Institute. 1993 he got Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 defending doctoral thesis "Coat of Arms in history of private Lithuanian cities". From 1991 he is teaching in Vilnius University and 1995-1998 in Vytautas Magnus University

Vytautas Magnus University

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. Rimša works as consultant in Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, an expert in Bank of Lithuania

Bank of Lithuania

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 coins designing group.

Edmundas Rimša is a member of editorial board "Lietuvos istorijos metraštis" (Lithuanian history annals) and Lithuanian national museum "Numizmatika". He's a member of Poland Heraldry association and also a chairman of Lithuanian Heraldry Commission.

Awards

For his book "Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės miestų antspaudai" he was awarded with Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas is the Lithuanian Presidential Award which was re-instituted to honour the citizens of Lithuania for outstanding performance in civil and public offices. Foreign nationals may also be awarded this Order. The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke...

Knight's cross.

Important works

Rimša has published more than 70 scientific articles, and over 100 popular articles.

Books:

1. Heraldika. Iš praeities į dabartį, 2004, 184 p. Translated into English as (Heraldry: Past to present in 2005).
2. Kauno miesto herbas XV–XX a. 1994..
3. Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės miestų antspaudai. 1999, 765 p.
4. Lietuvos heraldika, vol. 1–2, compiled by E. Rimša,1998–2004 (192 and 240 p.).
5. Lietuvos miestų istorijos šaltiniai, vol. 1–2, compiled by Z. Kiaupa ir E. Rimša, 1988–1992 (166 and 208 p.)
6. The Heraldry of Lithuania, compiled and arranged by E. Rimša, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 1998, bk. 1, 192 p.
7. Lietuvos Metrika. Knyga Nr. 556: (1791–1792); Viešųjų reikalų knyga 35, by A. Baliulis, R. Firkovičius, E. Rimša, 2005, 200 p.

External links

Bio at Lithuanian history institute