Person GND

Name

Yeo, Richard (um 1720-03.12.1779)

British medalist. Appointed assistant engraver at the  Royal mint in 1749. Became successor to John Sigismund Tanner as Chief engraver in 1775.

He signs with his initials R YEO resp. YEO or variants.

Yeo died in 1779.

Yeo's small collection of coins and medals plus minting tools and equipment was auctioned after his death in 1780.

Lit.: L. Forrer, Biographical dictionary of Medallists VI (1916) pp. 701-704.

Types

Die-cutter Info, Engraver General Info, Medalist Info, previous Owner Info

VIAF

http://viaf.org/viaf/95846296 nomisma

Wikipedia [en]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Yeo nomisma

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG81804

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7330133

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