Comparette, Thomas Louis Público Deposited
Born in Dekalb County, Indiana. Graduate of the University of Wooster (OH). Received degrees from the University of Michigan and University of Chicago. He was a professor of Greek and Latin at Texas Christian University 1893 to 1897. He was an assistant professor at the University of Missouri until 1905. He never married.
Curator of the Mint Cabinet from 1905 until his death. Author of Guide to the Numismatic Collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia in 1912. Author of Coins and Medals Engraved in the United States in 1914, in 1915 and Coins and Medals Engraved in the United States in 1915, in 1916.He was a member of the ANA, ANS, the Masons and Odd Fellows. He collapsed on Cobb's Creek golf course in Philadelphia and died before he reached a hospital. After his death the Philadelphia Mint collection was transferred to the National Museum (Smithsonian) in Washington, D.C.
bio: WWWA-1 obit: NUM 35 Aug 1922 page 377-378
- 1868-04-09
- Dekalb County, Indiana
- 1922-07-03