Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Harwood, Edward (d.1814)
HARWOOD, EDWARD (d. 1814), numismatist, was the eldest son of Edward Harwood, D.D. [q. v.] He was for many years a surgeon in the navy, and served under Captain (afterwards Admiral) William Bligh [q. v.] on board the Providence in 1791–4 (see Gent. Mag. 1793, ii. 994). He was a collector of ancient coins, and his cabinet of Greek and Roman large brass coins, together with his books, was sold at Leigh & Sotheby's on 28–30 April 1814 (Sale Catalogue, 1814). The first seven lots in the sale consisted of the coins illustrated in the plates of his published work, ‘Populorum et Urbium selecta numismata Græca ex aere descripta,’ London, 1812, 4to (with brief notes and a list of places that issued autonomous and Greek imperial coins). Harwood is described as ‘a benevolent friend and an elegant scholar.’ He died on 6 Jan. 1814 at Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London.
[Gent. Mag. 1814, lxxxiv. pt. i. p. 200; Brit. Mus. Cat.]