George North (numismatist) of by William Herbert. North drew up sale catalogues for the coin collections of the Earl of Oxford (1742) and of Richard Mead (1755); he also catalogued, in 1744, James West's series of Saxon coins and Ducarel's English coins. A paper on Arabic numerals in England, written by North in 1748, was published by Richard Gough in "Archæologia" (x. 360). George North (numismatist) George North (1707–1772) was an English cleric and numismatist. The son of George North, citizen and pewterer, who resided in or near Aldersgate Street in London, he was educated at St Paul's School. In 1725 he entered
Henry Cohen (numismatist) Henry Cohen (numismatist) Henry Cohen (Amsterdam, 21 April 1806 – Paris, 17 May 1880), was a French numismatist, bibliographer and composer. Cohen moved from Amsterdam to Paris, where he worked as a music teacher and served as curator of the Cabinet des Médailles at the "Bibliothèque nationale de France". He published several works during his lifetime. Cohen's "Guide de l'amateur des livres à vignettes du XVIII Siècle" went through four editions and is considered the standard bibliography of French 18th century illustrated books. He is perhaps best known for his two fundamental works on ancient numismatics: the first, published in