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Hawkins, Walter
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[1787-1862]
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Walter Hawkins was born in London, England in 1787, where he worked as an insurance and shipping broker and importer. An avid numismatist and amateur antiquarian, he amassed a collection of thousands of coins and medals, as well as a broad assortment of botanical, zoological, and historical oddities and artifacts, over his lifetime. He was a Fellow of the Antiquarian Society in London [1843] as well as an original member of the Numismatic Society, and presented on a variety of topics from archaeology to medals to various organizations around London. He died on January 27 1862.Never married, he died after a brief illness om January 27, 1862 at the age of 75.
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CA QUA01540
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- English