Warwick William Wroth
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Warwick William Wroth F.S.A., was the Senior Assistant Keeper of Coins and Medals in the British Museum
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Mr. Wroth was the eldest son of the late Rev. Warwick Reed Wroth, vicar of St. Philip's Clerkenwell
. He was a man of varied accomplishments, and was one of the original contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography
, with which he was associated nearly up to the conclusion of that great work.
His chief contributions to the literature of his particular department of the British Museum included a Catalogue of the Greek Coins, which appeared in 1903, and one of the Imperial Byzantine Coins, which appeared three years later. To the general public he is best known by his scholarly work on London Pleasure Gardens, which Macmillan Publishers
published in 1896, and in which he was helped by his brother, Mr. E. A. Wroth. Mr. Wroth had made this subject a speciality for many years, and had accumulated a considerable amount of curious and out-of-the-way material.
He died on September 6, 1911.
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
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Mr. Wroth was the eldest son of the late Rev. Warwick Reed Wroth, vicar of St. Philip's Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. From 1900 to 1965 it was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The well after which it was named was rediscovered in 1924. The watchmaking and watch repairing trades were once of great importance...
. He was a man of varied accomplishments, and was one of the original contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography
Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...
, with which he was associated nearly up to the conclusion of that great work.
His chief contributions to the literature of his particular department of the British Museum included a Catalogue of the Greek Coins, which appeared in 1903, and one of the Imperial Byzantine Coins, which appeared three years later. To the general public he is best known by his scholarly work on London Pleasure Gardens, which Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
published in 1896, and in which he was helped by his brother, Mr. E. A. Wroth. Mr. Wroth had made this subject a speciality for many years, and had accumulated a considerable amount of curious and out-of-the-way material.
He died on September 6, 1911.