Background
Akerman was born in London on the 12th of June in 1806.
Akerman was born in London on the 12th of June in 1806.
John Yonge Akerman wrote under the pseudonym Paul Pindar. In early life he became secretary to William Cobbett. In 1838 to the London and Greenwich Railway Company.
And later to Lord Albert Conyngham (afterwards Lord Londesborough). In January 1834, Akerman was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. In the autumn of 1848 he became joint secretary with Sir Henry Ellis, and five years later, sole secretary.
John Yonge Akerman held the post until 1860, when poor health compelled him to resign it and the editorship of the Archæologia. In 1836, at a time when there was no English periodical of the kind, he started, chiefly at his own expense, a publication called the Numismatic Journal, two volumes of which appeared under his editorship. He helped to form the Numismatic Society of London, which held its first regular meeting in December 1836.
Akerman was secretary from then until 1860, and editor of the society's journal, first published in 1838 as the Numismatic Chronicle.