Eckley Brinton Coxe | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 21st district | |
| In office 1881–1884 | |
| Preceded by | Elijah Catlin Wadhams |
| Succeeded by | Morgan B. Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 4, 1839 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 13, 1895 (aged 55) Drifton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Eckley Brinton Coxe (June 4, 1839 – May 13, 1895) was an American mining engineer, coal baron, state senator and philanthropist from Pennsylvania.[1] He was a co-founder of the Coxe Brothers and Company coal mining operation which became the largest producer of anthracite coal in the United States at the time.[2]
Coxe was instrumental in the formation of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which began as a mining school in 1865, and founded the Institute of Miners and Mechanics in 1879. He served as president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers from 1878 to 1880 and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1893 to 1894.
He served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 21st district from 1881 to 1884.
- ^ Eckley Miners' Village: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide, 2003. p. 23-24
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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