Person GND

Name

Moehsen, Johann Carl Wilhelm (09.05.1722 - 22.09.1795)

The personal physician of king Frederick II of Prussia.

Known collector of coins and medals.

Parts of Moehsen's collection were purchased by the Academy in 1793.

When king Friedrich Wilhelm III around 1798 ordered the reorganisation of various collections in Berlin Moehsen's collection was moved from the Academy into the Royal Coin cabinet.

Lit.: Friedländer - von Sallet ²(1877) pp. 16-17; C. Stoess, Medaillen und Brakteaten. Moehsen als Sammler in: U. Goldenbaum - H.-U. Lammel (ed.), Der Weltverbesserer Johann Carl Wilhelm Moehsen (1722-1795). Königlicher Leibarzt - Historiker - Aufklärer in Berlin (2023) pp. 103-115.

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https://d-nb.info/gnd/10116033X GND

VIAF

http://viaf.org/viaf/74212202 nomisma

Wikipedia [de]

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Carl_Wilhelm_Moehsen nomisma

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1692838

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