Comparette, Thomas
Born in Dekalb County, Indiana. Graduate of the University of Wooster (OH). Received degrees from the University of Michigan and University of Chicago. He was a professor of Greek and Latin at Texas Christian University 1893 to 1897. He was an assistant professor at the University of Missouri until 1905. He never married.
Curator of the Mint Cabinet from 1905 until his death. Author of Guide to the Numismatic Collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia in 1912. Author of Coins and Medals Engraved in the United States in 1914, in 1915 and Coins and Medals Engraved in the United States in 1915, in 1916.
He was a member of the ANA, ANS, the Masons and Odd Fellows. He collapsed on Cobb's Creek golf course in Philadelphia and died before he reached a hospital. After his death the Philadelphia Mint collection was transferred to the National Museum (Smithsonian) in Washington, D.C.
bio: WWWA-1 obit: NUM 35 Aug 1922 page 377-378
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1912Catalogue of coins, tokens, and medals in the numismatic collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa [1912]
The best guide to the contents of the Mint Cabinet, today part of the National Numismatic Collection and administered through the American Museum of National History within the Smithsonian.
1913Guide to the numismatic collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa
A visitor's guide to the Mint Cabinet at the United States Mint in Philadelphia, prepared by the Curator T.L. Comparette. This was a followup to an earlier publication that cataloged the entire collection, which, at over 600 pages, was not practical to market to tourists.
![Catalogue of coins, tokens, and medals : in the numismatic collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa. [1914]](https://archive.org/services/img/catalogueofcoins00unituoft)
1914Catalogue of coins, tokens, and medals : in the numismatic collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa. [1914]
The best guide to the contents of the Mint Cabinet, today part of the National Numismatic Collection and administered through the American Museum of National History within the Smithsonian.
