John Kent (numismatist) John Kent (numismatist) John Philip Cozens Kent (28 September 1928 – 22 October 2000) was a British numismatist. He was born the son of a railway official in Hertfordshire and educated at Minchenden Grammar School and University College, London, where he was awarded a BA in 1949 and a PhD in 1951. After two years National Service he was appointed Assistant Keeper in the British Museum’s Department of Coins and Medals. There his main interest was the coins of the late Roman Period, contributing to the reference book on "Late Roman Bronze Coinage" which was published in 1960. Other work
Collect Pond were present during the Collect Pond tests and in fact depicts both, as well as Fitch and himself, in a paddlewheel steam ship in the upper left quadrant of the broadside. Though Fulton seems to have received most of the credit for the era of steam navigation, Hutchings hoped, through the publication of this broadside, to shed some light on Fitch’s contributions as well. A plaque at the Collect Pond Park, however, states that though Fitch's account "is often repeated, no evidence has been found to substantiate the story." The contaminated wastewater of the businesses surrounding the pond flowed back