Michael Metcalf: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
4,905,214 edits
Add: date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Grimes2 | Category:Academics of the University of Oxford | #UCB_Category 318/637
Tag: Reverted
Line 22: Line 22:
Metcalf's primary focus was on the early and high [[Middle Ages]], [[Byzantine Empire]], the [[Crusader states]] and the [[Balkans]]. He worked at the Heberden Coin Room of the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in Oxford from 1971 to 1999 and was the director of the Heberden Coin Room from 1982 to 1999.<ref name="HCR History">{{cite web|url=https://www.ashmolean.org/sites/default/files/ashmolean/documents/media/hcrhistory.pdf|title=HCR History|publisher=ashmolean.org|accessdate=2 October 2018 |quote="D.M. Metcalf Assistant Keeper Byzantine & Early Medieval 1971-87, Senior Assistant Keeper 1981, Keeper 1982-99"}}</ref> He was appointed as Professor of [[Numismatics]] at the [[University of Oxford]] in 1996 and retired in 1998;<ref name="Professors Emeritus"/> he was also a Fellow of [[Wolfson College, Oxford]], from 1982 to 1998.<ref name=":0">[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-27323 "Metcalf, Prof. David Michael"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 3 October 2018.</ref>
Metcalf's primary focus was on the early and high [[Middle Ages]], [[Byzantine Empire]], the [[Crusader states]] and the [[Balkans]]. He worked at the Heberden Coin Room of the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in Oxford from 1971 to 1999 and was the director of the Heberden Coin Room from 1982 to 1999.<ref name="HCR History">{{cite web|url=https://www.ashmolean.org/sites/default/files/ashmolean/documents/media/hcrhistory.pdf|title=HCR History|publisher=ashmolean.org|accessdate=2 October 2018 |quote="D.M. Metcalf Assistant Keeper Byzantine & Early Medieval 1971-87, Senior Assistant Keeper 1981, Keeper 1982-99"}}</ref> He was appointed as Professor of [[Numismatics]] at the [[University of Oxford]] in 1996 and retired in 1998;<ref name="Professors Emeritus"/> he was also a Fellow of [[Wolfson College, Oxford]], from 1982 to 1998.<ref name=":0">[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-27323 "Metcalf, Prof. David Michael"], ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 3 October 2018.</ref>


He served as president of the [[Royal Numismatic Society]] from 1994 to 1999 and led the editorial board of its journal The ''[[Numismatic Chronicle]]'' from 1974 to 1984.<ref name="RNS Presidents">{{cite web|url=https://numismatics.org.uk/about-the-society/presidents-of-the-society/|title=Presidents of the Society|publisher=numismatics.org.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="D. Michael Metcalf (1994-1999)"}}</ref><ref name="RNS History">{{cite web|url=https://numismatics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/a-history-of-the-royal-numismatic-society.pdf|title=A history of the Royal Numismatic Society|publisher=numismatics.org.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="The next editor, D . M. Metcalf, devoted himself to the editorial task from 1974 to 1984"}}</ref>
He served as president of the [[Royal Numismatic Society]] from 1994 to 1999 and led the editorial board of its journal The ''[[Numismatic Chronicle]]'' from 1974 to 1984.<ref name="RNS Presidents">{{cite web|url=https://numismatics.org.uk/about-the-society/presidents-of-the-society/|title=Presidents of the Society|date=23 May 2014 |publisher=numismatics.org.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="D. Michael Metcalf (1994-1999)"}}</ref><ref name="RNS History">{{cite web|url=https://numismatics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/a-history-of-the-royal-numismatic-society.pdf|title=A history of the Royal Numismatic Society|publisher=numismatics.org.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="The next editor, D . M. Metcalf, devoted himself to the editorial task from 1974 to 1984"}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Line 32: Line 32:


* 1983 - awarded the [[Sanford Saltus Gold Medal|John Sanford Saltus Gold Medal]] by the [[British Numismatic Society]]<ref name="Sanford Saltus Medal">{{cite web|url=https://www.britnumsoc.org/mpandf/sanfordsaltus.shtml|title=Sanford Saltus Medal|publisher=britnumsoc.org|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="1983 D M Metcalf"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002215229/https://www.britnumsoc.org/mpandf/sanfordsaltus.shtml|archive-date=2 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1983 - awarded the [[Sanford Saltus Gold Medal|John Sanford Saltus Gold Medal]] by the [[British Numismatic Society]]<ref name="Sanford Saltus Medal">{{cite web|url=https://www.britnumsoc.org/mpandf/sanfordsaltus.shtml|title=Sanford Saltus Medal|publisher=britnumsoc.org|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="1983 D M Metcalf"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002215229/https://www.britnumsoc.org/mpandf/sanfordsaltus.shtml|archive-date=2 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1987 - awarded the [[Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society]]<ref name="RNS Medal">{{cite web|url=https://numismatics.org.uk/honours-and-awards/the-societys-medal/|title=The society's medal|publisher=numismatics.org.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="1987 D. Michael Metcalf"}}</ref>
* 1987 - awarded the [[Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society]]<ref name="RNS Medal">{{cite web|url=https://numismatics.org.uk/honours-and-awards/the-societys-medal/|title=The society's medal|date=23 May 2014 |publisher=numismatics.org.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="1987 D. Michael Metcalf"}}</ref>
* 1991 - awarded the [[Huntington Medal]] of the [[American Numismatic Society]]<ref name="Huntington Medal">{{cite web|url=http://numismatics.org/huntingtonwinners/|title=Huntington Winners|publisher=numismatics.org|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="1991 D. M. Metcalf"}}</ref>
* 1991 - awarded the [[Huntington Medal]] of the [[American Numismatic Society]]<ref name="Huntington Medal">{{cite web|url=http://numismatics.org/huntingtonwinners/|title=Huntington Winners|date=20 September 2016 |publisher=numismatics.org|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="1991 D. M. Metcalf"}}</ref>
* 2008 - awarded the [[Meshorer Numismatic Prize]] of the [[Israel Museum]]<ref name="Meshorer Prize">{{cite web|url=https://www.imj.org.il/en/content/yaakov-meshorer-numismatic-prize|title=Meshorer Prize|publisher=imj.org.il|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="2008 Prof. Michael Metcalf"}}</ref>
* 2008 - awarded the [[Meshorer Numismatic Prize]] of the [[Israel Museum]]<ref name="Meshorer Prize">{{cite web|url=https://www.imj.org.il/en/content/yaakov-meshorer-numismatic-prize|title=Meshorer Prize|publisher=imj.org.il|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="2008 Prof. Michael Metcalf"}}</ref>
* 2008 - awarded the [[Derek Allen Prize]] of the [[British Academy]]<ref name="Derek Allen Prize">{{cite web|url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/derek-allen-prize|title=Derek Allen Prize|publisher=thebritishacademy.ac.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="2008 (numismatics) Professor Michael Metcalf, Emeritus Professor of Numismatics, University of Oxford"}}</ref>
* 2008 - awarded the [[Derek Allen Prize]] of the [[British Academy]]<ref name="Derek Allen Prize">{{cite web|url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/derek-allen-prize|title=Derek Allen Prize|publisher=thebritishacademy.ac.uk|accessdate=2 October 2018|quote="2008 (numismatics) Professor Michael Metcalf, Emeritus Professor of Numismatics, University of Oxford"}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:07, 13 October 2023

This article is about the British academic and numismatist. For the early American teacher, see Michael Metcalf (puritan).

Michael Metcalf
Born8 May 1933
Died25 October 2018 (2018-10-26) (aged 85)
Academic background
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

David Michael Metcalf (8 May 1933 – 25 October 2018) was a British academic and numismatist. He was the director of the Heberden Coin Room of the Ashmolean Museum, a fellow of Wolfson College and Professor of Numismatics at the University of Oxford. He held the degrees of MA, DPhil and DLitt from Oxford.[1]

Early life and education

Metcalf was born on 8 May 1933 in Newcastle, England. He studied geography at St John's College, Cambridge followed by a doctorate on medieval coinage in the Balkans.[2]

Academic career

Metcalf's primary focus was on the early and high Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, the Crusader states and the Balkans. He worked at the Heberden Coin Room of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from 1971 to 1999 and was the director of the Heberden Coin Room from 1982 to 1999.[3] He was appointed as Professor of Numismatics at the University of Oxford in 1996 and retired in 1998;[1] he was also a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, from 1982 to 1998.[4]

He served as president of the Royal Numismatic Society from 1994 to 1999 and led the editorial board of its journal The Numismatic Chronicle from 1974 to 1984.[5][6]

Personal life

In 1962, Metcalf married Dorothy Uren, a teacher, who died in 2018. They had three children.[2]

He died on 25 October 2018 at the age of 85.[7]

Honours

Selected publications

Scholia has an author profile for Michael Metcalf.
  • The Coinage of South Germany in the Thirteenth Century (Spink, 1961).
  • Coinage in the Balkans (Institute for Balkan Studies, 1965).
  • (Co-authored with Julia M. Merrick and Lynette Kaye) Studies in the Composition of Early Medieval Coins (Corbitt & Hunter, 1968).
  • The Origins of the Anastasian Currency Reforms (Adolf M. Hakkert, 1969).
  • The Copper Coinage of Thessalonica under Justinian I (Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1976).
  • Coinage in South-Eastern Europe, 820–1396, 2nd ed. (Spink, 1979).
  • (Co-authored with W. A. Oddy) Metallurgy in Numismatics (Royal Numismatic Society, 1980).
  • Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Royal Numismatic Society and Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, 1983).
  • Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 3 vols. (Royal Numismatic Society and Ashmolean Museum, 1993-4).
  • The Silver Coinage of Cyprus, 1285–1382 (Cyprus Research Centre, 1996).
  • An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coin Finds, 973–1086 (Royal Numismatic Society, 1998).
  • The White Bezants and Deniers of Cyprus, 1192–1285 (Cyprus Research Centre, 1998).
  • The Gros, Sixains, and Cartzias of Cyprus: 1382–1489 (Cyprus Research Centre, 2000).
  • Byzantine Cyprus: 491–1191 (Cyprus Research Centre, 2009).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "D M Metcalf" (PDF). ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018. 1998 D M Metcalf, MA DPhil DLitt Oxf, Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson Professor of Numismatics 1996-8
  2. ^ a b Mayhew, Nick (19 November 2018). "Michael Metcalf obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ^ "HCR History" (PDF). ashmolean.org. Retrieved 2 October 2018. D.M. Metcalf Assistant Keeper Byzantine & Early Medieval 1971-87, Senior Assistant Keeper 1981, Keeper 1982-99
  4. ^ "Metcalf, Prof. David Michael", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Presidents of the Society". numismatics.org.uk. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2018. D. Michael Metcalf (1994-1999)
  6. ^ "A history of the Royal Numismatic Society" (PDF). numismatics.org.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2018. The next editor, D . M. Metcalf, devoted himself to the editorial task from 1974 to 1984
  7. ^ Morrisson, Cécile (2018). "Décès de Michael Metcalf (1933-2018)". Société Française de Numismatique. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Sanford Saltus Medal". britnumsoc.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018. 1983 D M Metcalf
  9. ^ "The society's medal". numismatics.org.uk. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2018. 1987 D. Michael Metcalf
  10. ^ "Huntington Winners". numismatics.org. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2018. 1991 D. M. Metcalf
  11. ^ "Meshorer Prize". imj.org.il. Retrieved 2 October 2018. 2008 Prof. Michael Metcalf
  12. ^ "Derek Allen Prize". thebritishacademy.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2018. 2008 (numismatics) Professor Michael Metcalf, Emeritus Professor of Numismatics, University of Oxford

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Metcalf&oldid=1179948613"