Eckley Brinton Coxe

Eckley B. Coxe, 1875

Eckley Brinton Coxe (June 4, 1839 – May 13, 1895) was an American mining engineer, businessman, state senator and philanthropist.[1][2][3] He was President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1893-94. The Coxe Hall (1910) at Lehigh University, originally a mining laboratory, is named after him.

References

  1. ↑ John N. Ingham (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. p. 207.
  2. ↑ Eckley Miners' Village: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide, 2003. p. 23-24
  3. ↑ E. Digby Baltzell (2011). Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Upper Class. p. 120.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.