CharlesCoffin may refer to Charles A. Coffin 1844 1926 , first President of General Electric corporation Charles Carleton Coffin 1823 1896 , author of several historic manuscripts Charles D. Coffin 1805 1880 , U.S. Representative from Ohio Charles Edward Coffin 1841 1912 , U.S. Congressman from Maryland CharlesCoffin Harris 1822 1881 , New England lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hawaii CharlesCoffin Jewett , librarian at Brown University CharlesCoffin Little , U.S. publisher C. L. CoffinCharles L. Coffin , U.S. inventor of arc welding process hndis Coffin, Charles DEFAULTSORT Coffin, Charles ... more details
Other people2 CharlesCoffin disambiguation Charles Albert Coffin Fairfield, Maine , 31 December 1844 14 July 1926 was the first President of General Electric corporation, which he helped to found. He was born in Somerset, Massachusetts to Albert Coffin and his wife Anstrus Varney. He married Caroline Russell of Holbrook, Massachusetts and had three children. He moved to join his uncle Charles E. Coffin at his shoe company in Lynn, Massachusetts at the age 18, where he spent the next twenty years. Eventually he established his own shoe factory named Coffin and Clough in Lynn. ref name autogenerated1 http tardis.union.edu community project95 HOH Biography coffin.html Charles A. Coffin Bot generated ... after Owen Young years 1913 &ndash 1922 end box ref http www.ge.com company history bios charles coffin.html Charles A. Coffin Biography bot generated title at www.ge.com ref References Ingham, John ... 4C&pg PA173&dq Charles A. Coffin&lr &sig UEWa8v0kxNKQQsPld5zxQP7Sm3A PPA173,M1 Page 173 Charles A. Coffin ... count 2 reflist div Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coffin, Charles ALTERNATIVE ... Category 1844 births Category 1926 deaths 1840s US business bio stub nl CharlesCoffin ... news author title Coffin date 1926 07 26 work Time Magazine url http www.time.com time magazine ... , Coffin was able to build the company, renamed Thomson Houston up to be an equal to Thomas Edison ... Houston and Edison s companies, Coffin was its first chief executive officer . The company was tested quickly during the Panic of 1893 , where Coffin negotiated with New York banks to advance money in exchange ... a research laboratory for the company. ref http www.hbs.edu leadership database leaders charles a coffin.html Charles A. Coffin 20th Century American Leaders Database Leadership bot generated title at www.hbs.edu ref Suggested by Charles Proteus Steinmetz , this was the first industrial research lab ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Coffiin, Charles Category American chief executives Category General Electric ... more details
file Charles L. Coffin.jpg thumb Charles L. CoffinCharles L. Coffin of Detroit was awarded US patent 428459 for an arc welding process using a metal electrode . This was the first time that metal melted from the electrode carried across the arc to deposit filler metal in the joint to make a weld. ref Citation last1 Cary first1 Howard B. last2 Helzer first2 Scott C. title Modern Welding Technology publisher Pearson Education location Upper Saddle River, New Jersey year 2005 isbn 0 1311 3029 3 ref About the same time, N.G. Slavianoff , a Russian, presented the same idea of transferring metal across an arc, but to cast metal in a mold. ref Citation last Sapp first Mark title A History of Welding, from Hepheastus to Apollo url http www.weldinghistory.org whistoryfolder welding index.html accessdate 2008 09 21 ref References references DEFAULTSORT Coffin, C. L. Category American inventors US engineer stub cs Charles L. Coffin pt Charles L. Coffin ... more details
Other people2 CharlesCoffin disambiguation This article was automatically created by User polbot from http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index C000587. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. Charles Dustin Coffin September 9, 1805 February 28, 1880 was a United States House of Representatives U.S. Representative from Ohio . Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts , Coffin attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to New Lisbon, Ohio . He studied law. He was Admission to the bar in the United States admitted to the bar in September 1823 and commenced practice in New Lisbon. He served as clerk of the courts of Columbiana County in 1828. He was elected as a Whig Party United States Whig to the 25th United States Congress Twenty fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew W. Loomis and served from December 20, 1837, to March 3, 1839. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1838. He resumed the practice of law and engaged in banking. He served as president of the Columbiana Bank of New Lisbon. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio , in 1842 and continued the practice of law. Coffin was elected judge of the superior court in 1845 and served seven years. He was appointed to the same position by Governor Denison in 1861. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio , February 28, 1880. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery . Source CongBio C000587 Bioguide Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coffin, Charles Dustin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1805 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1880 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Coffin, Charles Dustin Category 1805 births Category 1880 deaths Category Members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio Category People from Newburyport, Massachusetts Category People from Columbiana County, Ohio Category Ohio lawyers Category Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati ... more details
Unref date October 2008 CharlesCoffin Little 1799 1869 was a United States U.S. publisher. He is best known for co founding Little, Brown and Company in 1837, with his partner James Brown publisher James Brown . The two had previously been clerks, and were later partners in a bookstore in Boston , founded in 1784 by Ebenezer Battelle . Around 1826 1827, Little worked with booksellers Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins in Boston, along with William Hilliard , Harrison Gray, and John H. Wilkins. ref Boston News Letter, Sept. 23, 1826 ref ref King s handbook of Boston. 1881 p.291 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Little, CharlesCoffin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1799 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1869 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Little, CharlesCoffin Category 1799 births Category 1869 deaths Category American publishers people Category 19th century in Boston, Massachusetts US publish bio stub 1790s US business bio stub ... more details
Inline date October 2010 Infobox Person name Charles Carleton Coffin image Charles Carleton Coffin.png ... Charles Carleton Coffin signature.png website order1 term start1 term end1 office1 Massachusetts House ... predecessor2 successor2 Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist , Civil War reporter correspondent , author and politician . Charles Carleton Coffin was one of the best known newspaper ... little known to the present day generation. A descendant of Tristam Coffin who arrived in the American colonies from England in 1642, Charles Carlton Coffin was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire , on July ... later CharlesCoffin inherited convert 80 acre m2 of land in Illinois , and he and Sally traveled ..., 1861. Long opposed to slavery and secession , there would be no question of CharlesCoffin s loyalty ... hired him to cover the war at the princely salary of 25 per week CharlesCoffin was off and running ..., The Man Charles Carleton Coffin, written by Mr. Schildt. ref Books http books.google.com books?id PYgUAAAAYAAJ&printsec frontcover&dq Charles Carleton Coffin Our New Way Round the World 1869 http ... Charles Carleton Coffin Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times, 1769 1776 1895 http books.google.com ... books.google.com books?id 8gXAAAAIAAJ&printsec frontcover&dq Charles Carleton Coffin The Boys of 76 ... NAME Coffin, Charles Carleton ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American journalist, war correspondent ... Coffin, Charles Carleton Category 1823 births Category 1896 births Category People from Merrimack ... around the church, and in his teens Charles went to work in a lumbering operation and with 60 ... writings as a war correspondent. By age 21 Charles left Boscawen and went to the city of Boston where ... War. Lacking in terms of formal education, Charles keen mind enabled him to achieve a self taught ... lasting 50 years. Charles active mind soon led him to become interested in the relatively new field ... . At the behest of Sally s father, Charles played a major role in the construction of an electronically ... more details
Other people2 CharlesCoffin disambiguation Charles Edward Coffin July 18, 1841 &ndash May 24, 1912 was an United States American industrialist and politician who lived his adult life in Maryland . From there he served in the state House of Delegates and Senate, and was elected to the United States Congress . He was born and raised in Boston and went to Maryland during the American Civil War. Early life and education Born in Boston, Massachusetts , Coffin was descended from numerous long settled elite New England families. He attended the Boston grammar and high schools. Career In 1863 during the American Civil War , Coffin moved to Muirkirk, Maryland , where he took charge of the local ironworks . Coffin engaged in the manufacture of charcoal pig iron , and subsequently became the owner of the Muirkirk blast furnace s. After the war many of its laborers were freedmen , who founded an independent black Queen s Chapel and Burial Ground nearby in 1868. It became the center of an historic black community known as Rossville. Later Coffin went into politics. He was elected as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1884 to 1886, and served in the Maryland State Senate from 1890 to 1894. He was a state delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892. In 1894 he was elected from the Maryland s 5th congressional district fifth district of Maryland as a Republican Party US to the Fifty third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Democrat Barnes Compton . He was reelected on the same day to the Fifty fourth Congress and served from November 6, 1894 to March 3, 1897. He died in Muirkirk. He was interred in St. John s Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery ... Coffin, Charles Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1841 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1912 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Coffin, Charles Edward Category 1841 births ... people of English descent Maryland politician stub pl Charles Edward Coffin ... more details
File CharlesCoffin Jewett cph.3c28407.jpg thumb CharlesCoffin Jewett CharlesCoffin Jewett August 12, 1816, Lebanon, Maine January 9, 1868 was the Librarian and Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1848 before becoming Superintendent of the Boston Public Library in 1858. Early life He graduated from Salem Latin School, entered Dartmouth College , and soon transferred to Brown University . Career His first cataloging experience took place as a Brown student while helping to catalog the library of the College literary societies American List of literary societies Philermenian Literary Society . In 1837, he entered Andover Theological Seminary , where he helped catalog the Andover Theological Seminary Library. In 1841, he became the librarian of Brown University. He extensively rearranged that library, and created a catalog in two parts an alphabetical descriptive catalog of the items in the library, and an alphabetical Index of Subjects. After its completion in 1843, he embarked on a two year campaign of book purchasing and study in Europe. He became Librarian and Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1848, and began the task of building the Smithsonian s library by soliciting catalogs from prominent libraries and publishing a survey of U.S. libraries. He also started mechanical duplication of individual catalog entries. Jewett was unanimously elected ... http www.infoplease.com ce6 people A0826260.html CharlesCoffin Jewett, by the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia , 6th ed. Harris,M editor . 1975 .The Age of Jewett CharlesCoffin Jewett and American Librarianship ... Persondata . NAME Jewett, CharlesCoffin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1816 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1868 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jewett, CharlesCoffin ... the only way to avoid confusion, no matter how difficult it made things for users. Death Charles .... Sources Charles C. Jewett. http catalog.hathitrust.org Record 001164398 Notices of public libraries ... more details
Infobox Officeholder name CharlesCoffin Harris image CharlesCoffin Harris.jpg alt Young man with sideburns in 19th century suit imagesize caption order office Attorney General of Hawaii Attorney General of The Kingdom of Hawai okina i term start August 26, 1862 term end December 21, 1865 predecessor successor Stephen Henry Phillips monarch Kamehameha IV office1 Minister of Finance of The Kingdom of Hawai okina i term start1 December 21, 1865 term end1 December 21, 1869 predecessor1 Charles de Varigny successor1 John Mott Smith office2 Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Kingdom of Hawai okina i term2 term start2 December 21, 1869 term end2 August 25, 1872 predecessor2 Charles de Varigny successor2 Ferdinand W. Hutchison monarch2 office3 Chief List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii ... if notable children 2 residence alma mater Harvard occupation Lawyer, Diplomat profession CharlesCoffin ... posts, he became chief justice of the supreme court. Early life CharlesCoffin Harris was born June 9, 1822 in Newington, New Hampshire . His father was educator William Coffin Harris 1788 1853 and mother ... e275f258.dir Harris, 20Charles 20Coffin.jpg title Harris, CharlesCoffin office record work state ... for the site. ref name hjh cite journal url http hdl.handle.net 10524 224 title CharlesCoffin Harris ... of this land. ref cite book author Hawaii Supreme Court chapter In Memoriam Hon CharlesCoffin ... Affairs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Harris, CharlesCoffin ALTERNATIVE ... , Kingdom of Hawaii DEFAULTSORT Harris, CharlesCoffin Category 1822 births Category 1881 deaths Category ... 000046 q Harris, Charles C. dic gene accessdate October 17, 2010 ref He sent for his wife and young ... from minister of finance to minister of foreign affairs as Charles de Varigny returned to France. ref ... before Charles de Varigny after John Mott Smith years 1865 1869 succession box title Kingdom of Hawaii Minister of Foreign Affairs before Charles de Varigny after Ferdinand W. Hutchison years 1869 1872 ... more details
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for people named CoffinCoffin surname Image Lincoln s coffin, replica.JPG right thumb 240px A replica of the coffin used for Abraham Lincoln , on display at the Museum of Funeral Customs . A coffin is a Funeral ... Ancient Egyptian Coffin.JPG thumb left 140px The side of an Ancient Egyptian coffin First attested in English 1380, the word coffin derives from the Old French cofin , from Latin cophinus , ref http ... T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary , on Perseus Digital Library ref which is the Latinisation ... coffin.jpg right thumb 240px Anthropoid coffin, 14th 13th centuries BC Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word casket in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker ... 68 43 1143.html casket, coffin nn. from the Columbia Guide to Standard American English via Bartleby.com ref North Americans may draw a distinction between coffins and caskets , using coffin to refer ... called cremains in North America are called urns . Practices A coffin may be buried in the ground ... of a coffin are called fittings sometimes called coffin furniture not to be confused with furniture that is coffin shaped while organising the inside of the coffin with fabric of some kind is known as trimming the coffin . Cultures that practice burial have widely different styles of coffin. In some varieties of Orthodox Judaism , the coffin must be plain, made of wood and contain no metal ... of the glass covered coffin of the Haraldsk r Woman on display in the Church of Saint Nicolai in Vejle , Denmark or the glass coffin of Vladimir Lenin which is in the Red Square in Moscow . When a coffin is used to transport a death deceased person, it can also be called a pall casket pall , a term that also refers to the cloth used to cover the coffin. Design Image Haraldskaerwoman.jpg right thumb 240px The glass covered coffin of the Haraldsk r Woman . Coffins are traditionally made with six ... the rectangular coffin or casket, although variations exist in size and shape. In Medieval Japan ... more details
Coffin is a surname of English people English origin, and may refer to Bill Coffin , writer of novels and role playing games Charles A. Coffin , cofounder and first President of General Electric corporation Charles Edward Coffin , politician from U.S. state of Maryland C. L. CoffinCharles L. Coffin , American engineer and inverter of the arc welding process using a metal electrode Clifford Coffin , English recipient of the Victoria Cross David Coffin , folk musician Edmund Coffin , saddlemaker and equestrian Edward Coffin , English Jesuit Frank M. Coffin , politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Maine Howard A. Coffin , politician from the U.S. state of Michigan Gregg Coffin , American composer C. Hayden Coffin , English actor Henry Sloane Coffin , American theologian Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet , Royal Navy officer Jeff Coffin , American saxophonist Joshua Coffin , American abolitionist Levi Coffin , American educator and abolitionist Peleg Coffin, Jr. , financier and politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts Peter Coffin comedian , American comedian, filmaker and musician Richard Geoffrey Pine Coffin , World War II parachute officer in the British Army Robert Aston Coffin , English priest Robert P. T. Coffin , writer and poet Shannen W. Coffin , U.S. lawyer Thomas C. Coffin , politician from U.S. state of Idaho Thomas Coffin Canadian politician Tris Coffin , actor Walter Coffin , Welsh Member of Parliament and coalowner William Sloane Coffin , American clergyman and peace activist Any of the Nantucket, Massachusetts Whaling Coffin whaling family family with that surname. See also Coffin Goffin surname Coffin It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname de Coffin fr Coffin ... more details
Peter Coffin may refer to Peter Coffin artist born 1963 Peter Coffin Anglican Bishop of Ottawa hndis name Coffin, Peter DEFAULTSORT Coffin, Peter ... more details
William Coffin may refer to William Sloane Coffin , Christian clergyman and peace activist William Coffin courtier Bill Coffin , writer of novels and role playing games William Coffin Coleman , founder of the Coleman Company, a maker of camping equipment hndis Coffin, William ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2008 Image Coffin handbill.jpg frame Part of a Coffin Handbill. The Coffin Handbills were a series of pamphlets attacking Andrew Jackson during the U.S. presidential election, 1828 1828 United States presidential election . Jackson was running against incumbent John Quincy Adams , who decided to attack Jackson s ethics and moral character. The first handbill titled The Coffin Handbill was produced by Charles Hammond , a colonel in the U.S. Army . Hammond, a friend and political ally of Henry Clay , did not like John Quincy Adams Adams however, he decided to help the Adams campaign by smearing Jackson. Hammond s first handbill alleged that Jackson had executed several deserters during and after the War of 1812 and Creek War . Later pamphlets attacked Jackson s ethics. One criticized Jackson for allegedly being an adultery adulterer . Jackson s wife s divorce was, unknown to her, not official . Hammond wrote Ought a convicted adulteress and her paramour husband be placed in the highest offices of this free and christian sic land? Another handbill claimed that Jackson s mother was a Prostitution prostitute brought by Kingdom of Great Britain British soldiers to the United States. As a result of these allegations, the term Coffin Handbill became synonymous with a smear attack on a political candidate. Commons Coffin Handbills Category Election campaigning Category Political history of the United States Category United States presidential history Category Andrew Jackson Category Pamphlets ... more details
File Falaiase verve62 polhemusandcoffin.jpg thumb right 250px alt Falaise Mansion 1924, Polhemus & Coffin, AIA, Frederick J Sterner, AIA, Long Island, NY. Falaise Mansion, Long Island, NY. File 232 madison ave polhemusandcoffin.jpg thumb right 250px alt 232 Madison Ave, NYC Polhemus & Coffin, AIA 232 Madison Ave, NYC Polhemus & Coffin, AIA File Polhemusandcoffin passport.jpg thumb right 250px alt Passport photos, Lewis A Coffin, Jr and henry M Polhemus 1920 Passport photos 1920 Henry M. Polhemus and Lewis Augustus Coffin, Jr formed the New York City New York based architectural firm of Polhemus & Coffin . Together they contributed to a joint publication, Small French Buildings The Architecture of Town and Country , ref In full, Small French Buildings The Architecture of Town and Country, Comprising Cottages, Farmhouses, Minor Chateaux or Manors with Their Farm Groups, Small Town Dwellings, and a Few Churches their co writer was Addison Foard Worthington. ref with 183 plates of sketches, illustrations and photos, published by Scribner s Charles Scribner & Sons in 1921. Their modest French country manor Mille Fleurs designed for Guggenheim family Mrs Daniel Guggenheim on the extensive ... ny usa Emporis.com ref Lewis Coffin, who had graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall The Choate School ... Choate Rosemary Hall Building Pages ref Lewis Augustus Coffin, Jr was born in 1892 and was the son of noted Otolaryngology surgeon, Dr Lewis Augustus Coffin, Sr. In addition to graduating ..., to form Polhemus & Coffin in 1919. Lewis A Coffin s affinity and passion for French country structures ... included at least one of Coffin s designs, however the remaining designs must wait until the time qualification is reached. Lewis A Coffin, Jr died in 1963 in New York City. Their draftsman George Hickey ... on sketches from Polhemus & Coffin s Small French Buildings . His most famous house in this genre ... and Their Architects, 1860 1940 1997 DEFAULTSORT Polhemus & Coffin Category American architects ... more details
John Coffin may refer to John Coffin judge 1751 1838 , the judge and army officer John Coffin scientist , the Tufts University National Cancer Institute virologist. disambig surname ... more details
Coffin corner may refer to Coffin corner architectural myths , a niche in the stairwell of a Victorian house Coffin corner football , a punter s strategy in American and Canadian football Coffin corner aviation , a dangerous portion in the flight envelope of a high altitude aircraft Coffin corner, also known as Tail end Charlie , a perilous position in a USAAF heavy bomber combat box formation The Coffin Corner , the official magazine of the Professional Football Researchers Association disambig ... more details
Thomas Coffin may refer to Thomas Coffin Pre confederation Canadian politician 1762 1841 , a Canadian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec Thomas Coffin Canadian politician 1817 1890 , a Canadian politician who was a member of the Canadian House of Commons and the Receiver General Thomas C. Coffin 1887 1934 , a United States politician who was a United States Representative from Idaho hndis Coffin, Thomas DEFAULTSORT Coffin, Thomas ... more details
Image Hufbein Pferd.jpg thumb A pedal bone The pedal bone , commonly known as the coffin bone U.S. , is the bottomost bone in the equine leg and is encased by the horse hoof hoof capsule. Also known as the Phalanx bones distal phalange , third phalange, third phalanx, or P3 . Despite the protection provided by the Horse hoof hoof , the pedal bone can be injured and fracture d. ref name Vogel 189 Vogel 2006 , p 189 ref For example, inflammatory conditions such as laminitis may lead to rotation of the coffin bone. Pedal osteitis is another common, inflammatory condition. X rays can diagnose injury, determine the position of the bone, and verify the type of damage that may have been received. Once injured, remedial horseshoe shoeing can help protect the pedal bone from further trauma. Treatment of assorted disorders may also involve use of shoe pads, anti inflammatory medication, and management changes. File Coffin bone and horseshoe.jpg thumb coffin bone shown in relationship to a horseshoe See also Skeletal system of the horse Equine forelimb anatomy Notes reflist References cite book title The Complete Performance Horse url http books.google.se books?id nzSLpxLqetUC&pg PA189 first Colin last Vogel publisher David & Charles year 2006 isbn 0715323075 Refimprove date October 2008 Category Horse anatomy Veterinary med stub horse stub ja ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Coffin plates are decorative adornments attached to a coffin that can contain various inscriptions like the name and death date of the deceased or a simple terms of endearment . They are usually made of a soft metal like lead , pewter , silver , brass , copper or tin . The different metals reflect the different functions of the plates, or the status and wealth of the deceased. For a basic funeral, a simple lead plate would be lettered with the name, date of death and often the age of the departed, and nailed to the lid of a wooden coffin. But high status people could afford a plate of a more expensive metal and elaborate design. http ancestorsatrest.com coffin plates Coffin plates go back at least as far as the 17th century and were reserved for people of wealth. Through the centuries, more people were able to afford the luxury of a coffin plate and with the industrial revolution , by the mid 19th century, the cost of the plates decreased so much that almost every family could afford to have one put on the coffin of their loved ones. When coffin plates began increasing in popularity, the practice of removing the plates from the coffin before burial became the trend as they were often removed by the loved ones to be kept as mementos of the deceased. This practice peaked in the late 19th century. In the UK and Australia coffin name plates are legally required whether for burial and cremation as a means of identifying the deceased. DEFAULTSORT Coffin Plate Category Death customs ... more details
orphan date February 2009 The coffin was a type of torture developed in the Middle Ages. In it, the victim was placed inside a metal human shaped frame. This frame was often made too small to increase discomfort. ref cite web url http www.medievality.com coffin torture.html title Medievality ref The time spent inside of the coffin was determined by the crime for which the person had been convicted. For example, if the person was a blasphemer, he or she would die in the coffin. Sometimes, depending on the crime, the offender would be displayed in public view inside the coffin. This could sometimes result in death due to the crowd of people that often gathered by the coffin. References reflist External links http www.medievality.com coffin torture.html Medievality Category Medieval instruments of torture Category European instruments of torture torture stub ... more details
About the abolitionist the whaler and discoverer Coffin whaling family Joshua Coffin October 12, 1792 &ndash June 24, 1864 was an American antiquary and abolitionist . Coffin was born in Newbury, Massachusetts . He graduated at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dartmouth in 1817, and taught school for many years, numbering among his pupils the poet John Greenleaf Whittier , who addressed to him a poem entitled To My Old School Master. Coffin was ardent in the cause of emancipation, and was one of the founders of the New England anti slavery society in 1832, being its first recording secretary. He published The History of Ancient Newbury Boston, 1845 , genealogies of the Woodman, Little, and Toppan families, and magazine articles. As an adult, Coffin lived for a time in the downstairs southwest room of the Coffin House , his ancestral home in a tiny study housed within an ell of the house, Joshua wrote his History of Ancient Newbury . References Coffin, Joshua. http books.google.com books?id FsYMAAAAYAAJ&printsec frontcover&dq History of Newbury A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury from 1635 to 1845. Published 1845. Coffin, Joshua. http books.google.com books?id 9eLklDk9WKQC&printsec frontcover&dq inauthor Joshua inauthor Coffin&lr &num 50&as brr 0 An Account of Some of the Principal Slave Insurrections. Published 1860. Appletons External links http www.yale.edu glc harriet 01.htm Transcription of a letter by Coffin to Lydia Maria Child gutenberg author id Joshua Coffin name Joshua Coffin Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coffin, Joshua ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1792 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1864 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Coffin, Joshua Category 1792 births Category 1864 deaths Category American abolitionists Category Dartmouth College alumni Category People from Essex County, Massachusetts ... more details
Oberia Coffin December 1, 1883? &ndash October 18, 2006 was an United States American woman claimed to have been aged Age in years and days 1883 12 1 2006 10 18 at her death, which if true could have made her the world s oldest person, more than six years older than the official titleholder at the time, Elizabeth Bolden , who died aged 116 and 118 days, and even older than Jeanne Calment , the world s validated oldest person ever. No early life documents, however, have been located. Born in Dalby Springs, Texas , Coffin had no birth certificate and no known living relatives. Her social security records, however, listed her as born December 1, 1883. At the time of her death, Coffin was the second oldest claimant in the United States and seventh oldest claimant in the world overall see longevity claims for list , although officially the oldest person title belonged to Elizabeth Bolden, who, unlike Coffin, has been located in 1900 United States Census the 1900 census . Coffin was said to have been the oldest of 13 or 14 children her father was Pink Coffin. She moved to a nursing home in De Kalb, Texas in 1992. Coffin eventually had a leg amputated and, in her last years, was blind and deaf. A stranger, Gwendolyn Traylor, became her legal guardian when Oberia Coffin was reportedly being left for dead . Coffin lived almost a decade longer. See also Longevity claims References http www.texarkanagazette.com articles 2006 05 13 local news news news03.txt http www.texarkanagazette.com articles 2006 10 19 local news news news04.txt Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coffin, Oberia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1883 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2006 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Coffin, Oberia Category 1883 births Category 2006 deaths Category Longevity claims Category People from Bowie County, Texas es Oberia Coffin it Affermazioni di longevit umana estrema Casi passati ... more details
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