Walter breen biography
- Walter Henry Breen Jr. (September 5, 1928 – April 27, 1993) was an American numismatist, writer, and convicted child sex offender.
- Walter Henry Breen Jr. was an American numismatist, writer, and convicted child sex offender.
- Walter H(enry) Breen.
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Walter H(enry) Breen
Biography
Numismatist (b. 9/5/1930* d. 4/27-28/1993*)
Born in San Antonio, Texas; possibly as James Douglas Headrick; abandoned and adopted. (*It is likely that Breen could not confirm his birthdate.) He entered the Air Force in 1946. (*In P-W he stated that he used a phony birth certificate to join the Air Force.) He suffered a beating and was left for dead with loss of memory in December 1946. He spent time in various Veterans Administration hospitals and other treatment facilities.
In 1950 Breen met Wayte Raymond who hired him to do numismatic research in the National Archives. In 1952 after 18 months study and competency examinations he received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University. He conducted the "Cent Collectors' Forum" as a regular feature in The Numismatist beginning in January 1957.
He enrolled in graduate school in Berkeley in September 1960. Breen married Marion Zimmer Bradley [MZB] February 14, 1964. (She died 9/28/1999) They had a son and a daughter. He received his M.A. degree in 1966. In 1963 he joined Don Taxay to fo
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Walter Breen
American numismatist, writer and convicted sex offender
Walter Breen | |
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| Born | (1928-09-05)September 5, 1928 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 27, 1993(1993-04-27) (aged 64) Chino, California, U.S. |
| Pen name | Walter of Greenwalls |
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| Education | Georgetown University |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (BA) |
| Genre | Fantasy, science fiction,science fantasy,historical fantasy |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Walter Henry Breen Jr. (September 5, 1928 – April 27, 1993) was an American numismatist, writer, and convicted child sex offender. He was known among coin collectors for writing Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins. "Breen numbers", from his encyclopedia, are widely used to attribute varieties of coins. He was also known for activity in the science fictionfan community and for his writings in defense of pederasty as a NAMBLA activist. He was arrested in 1990 for child sex abuse and died in prison three years later.
From 1964 to 1990 Breen was married to popular science fiction and fan
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Walter Breen
Walter Henry Breen, nado en San Antonio, Texas, o 5 de setembro de 1928 e finado en Chino, California, o 27 de abril de 1993, foi un numismático e escritorestadounidense.
Breen foi un autor prolífico sobre numismática e creou un sistema de numeración de variantes da moeda estadounidense.
Estivo casado coa escritora de ciencia ficciónMarion Zimmer Bradley. Tamén foi moi coñecido polo seu activismo a prol da pederastia, que lle ocasionou diversas condenas xudiciais.
Traxectoria
[editar | editar a fonte]Breen naceu en 1928 en San Antonio, Texas, e aprendeu a ler e a escribir antes de facer os tres anos. A súa infancia foi complicada, xa que pasou por un orfanato e dous mosteiros, antes de ser adoptado, xa que fora abandonado pola súa nai biolóxica.[1][2][3]
Tras ser declarado non apto inicialmente para o servizo polas Forzas Aéreas do Exército dos Estados Unidos en abril de 1946,[4] finalmente foi aceptado o 3 de outubro,[5] mais en decembro dese mesmo ano causou baixa logo de recibir alí unha malleira.[3][4]
Durante o seu período de conval
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