Charles Seltman

Background

Charles Seltman was born in Paddington, London, England on 4 August 1886 to Ernest John Seltman and Barbara Smith Watson from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Education

He was educated at Berkhamsted School and during World War I served in the Suffolk Regiment in France.

Career

He is known for his theory that authoritarian societies produce abstract art while free societies produce realistic art He was a fellow of Queens" College, Cambridge and a University Lecturer in Classics. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature (Doctor of Letters).

He died on 28 June 1957, in Cambridge, and was cremated in Cambridge Crematorium (Cambridgeshire) on 1 July 1957.

In accordance with his wishes, his ashes were scattered in the Mediterranean Sea near Majorca, Spain. He is not buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.

Works

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  • A Book of Greek Coins

    (1st print edition King Penguin 63 1952 hardcover great co...)

  • Wine in the Ancient World.

    (Good condition book with like DJ. Boards are clean with m...)

  • Masterpieces of Greek Coinage
  • Greek Coins: A History Of Metallic Currency And Coinage Down To The Fall Of The Hellenistic Kingdoms