Robertson, Robert, 1869-1937

For much of the 1920s, Howland Wood had sole responsibility for the Society's growing numismatic collection. That changed in August of 1927, when he hired Robert Robertson as his assistant.

Robertson was born in Stockholm, Sweden on September 12, 1869. He was the son of Carl Robert Grönvall, an artist, and studied art himself: at the age of fourteen Robertson was admitted to Sweden's National Museum "for the purpose of copying" — the youngest person ever so admitted.

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