A founding member of the IRAO, Savelev was one of Imperial Russia’s premier numismatists. An inattentive student in the classroom, he developed a love for coins that moved well beyond simply collecting them. His forte was Muslim coins, and he pioneered in analyzing them to chart historical movements and interactions. He published a survey even of Georgian antiquities in ZhMNP, vol. 16 (1837): 531-44.
Associated Region: Pribaltika
Aspelin hails as the Father of Finnish Archeology, having organized both the first professional society and museum dedicated to the subject. Particularly noteworthy are his studies of the ancient Finno-Ugric tribes, from Siberia to Karelia.