Jonathan Edwards (numismatist)

The care of an invalid father then intervened, to prevent his entering on the practice of his profession.

His residence continued in New Haven, and for several years he devoted much time and labor, gratuitously, to the care and increase of Yale's collection of coins.

A permanent evidence of his interest and generosity is shown in the Catalogue of Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale College (New Haven, 1880.

Dr. Edwards and his wife spent a year in Europe, but he returned from abroad with his constitution undermined by Roman fever, and his general health quite shattered.

The rest of his life was passed in increasing weakness in New Haven, where he died June 19, 1886, in the 45th year of his age.