Born in St. John, Canada. He came to America in 1926 and settled at Buffalo, New York. Married to Edith with a son and a daughter.

He drew cartoons relating to numismatics. Served as Associate in Numismatics at the Buffalo Museum of Science. He wrote The Story of Money as Told by the Knox Collection. In 1935 he moved to New York City to work for Wayte Raymond in charge of the new coin room handling ancient and foreign coins. Author of United States Commemorative Coins 1892-1939 in 1940. Worked with New Netherlands in 1942 when Wormser and Bullowa were called to active duty during World War II.

He was the associate editor of The Coin Collector's Journal. He was appointed editor of The Numismatist effective January 1, 1945. He moved to McAllen, Texas, September 15, 1946. He became a life member of the ANA in 1948. On August 27, 1948, he moved to Oakton, Virginia to assume the position of Acting Curator of Numismatics at the Smithsonian Institution. He received the ANA medal of merit in 1953. He retired as editor in 1954 because of poor health and was succeeded by Elston G. Bradfield. In 1972 he was elected to the ANA Numismatic Hall of Fame.

obit: NSM Mar 1956 p 390; NUM 69 May 1956 p 275 (photo)