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Coxe
Coxe is a surname, and may refer to: * Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr., American federal judge *Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr., American federal judge *Arthur Cleveland Coxe, American bishop, son of Samuel Hanson Cox * Cameron Coxe, Welsh footballer * Daniel Coxe, English governor of West Jersey *Eckley Brinton Coxe, Pennsylvania Mining Company Owner, State Senator * Francis Coxe (fl. 1560–1575), English astrologer and quack physician * Henry Coxe, English scholar * Hopewell Coxe, American politician * John Coxe, adopted name of Naukane, 19th-century Hawaiian labourer * John Coxe (MP) (c. 1695–1783), English politician *Louis O. Coxe, American poet * Margaret Coxe, 19th century educator and writer *Tench Coxe, early American economist and politician * William Coxe (historian), English historian * William Coxe Jr. pioneer pomologist and a U.S. Representative from New Jersey See also * Cock * Cocks * Cox * Coxen Coxen is a surname and refer to: * Charles Coxen (1809-1876), Australian nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tench Coxe
Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788–1789. He wrote under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian," and was known to his political enemies as "Mr. Facing Bothways." Biography Coxe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 22, 1755. His mother was a daughter of Tench Francis Sr. His father came of a family well known in American affairs. His great-grandfather was the governor of West Jersey, Dr. Daniel Coxe. Tench received his education in the Philadelphia schools and intended to study law, but his father determined to make him a merchant, and he was placed in the counting-house of Coxe & Furman, becoming a partner at the age of twenty-one. After Patriots took power, Coxe left Philadelphia for a few months, only to return when British General Howe occupied the city in September 1777. Coxe remained in Philadelphia after the British departed in 1778, and some Patriots accuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eckley Brinton Coxe
Eckley Brinton Coxe (June 4, 1839 – May 13, 1895) was an American mining engineer, coal baron, state senator and philanthropist from Pennsylvania. He was a co-founder of the Coxe Brothers and Company coal mining operation which became the largest individual producer of anthracite coal in the United States at the time. He was instrumental in the formation of Lehigh University 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. Early life and education Coxe was born June 4, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles Sidney Coxe (1791–1879) and Anna Maria Brinton (1801–1876). His great-great grandfather was Daniel Coxe, his grandfather was Tench Coxe and his cousin was Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Coxe
Daniel Coxe III ( – January 19, 1730) was an English physician and governor of West Jersey from 1687 to 1688 and 1689 to 1692. Biography The Coxe family traced their lineage to a Daniel Coxe who lived in Somersetshire, England, in the 13th century and obtained a doctor of medicine degree from Salerno University. Daniel Coxe's father was also called Daniel Coxe. He was from Stoke Newington, London, and died in 1686. Daniel Coxe the son was born in London, the oldest of thirteen children, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he became a doctor of medicine in 1669. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Royal College of Physicians (Coxe is the Society member referred to by Samuel Pepys in his diary entry of 3 May 1665 when he poisons a cat with tobacco oil at Gresham College). Coxe was appointed a physician to the court of King Charles II of England and later to that of Queen Anne. Colonial landowner Coxe never left England, he served nominal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cleveland Coxe
Arthur Cleveland Coxe (May 10, 1818 - July 20, 1896) was the second Episcopal bishop of Western New York. He used Cleveland as his given name and is often referred to as A. Cleveland Coxe. Biography He was the son of the Reverend Samuel Hanson Cox and Abiah Hyde Cleveland, but changed the spelling of the family name. He was born at Mendham, New Jersey, May 10, 1818. On his mother's side he was a grandson of the Rev. Aaron Cleveland, an early poet of Connecticut. His parents moved to New York in 1820, and he received his education there. Coxe was prepared for college under the private tuition of Professor George Bush. He entered the University of the City of New York, and graduated in 1838. During his freshman year he wrote a poem, ''The Progress of Ambition'', and in 1837 published ''Advent, a Mystery'', a poem after the manner of the religious dramas of the Middle Ages. In 1838 appeared ''Athwold, a Romaunt'', and ''Saint Jonathan, the Lay of the Scald'', designed as the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coxe (historian)
William Coxe (8 June 1828) was an English historian and priest who served as a travelling companion and tutor to nobility from 1771 to 1786. He wrote numerous historical works and travel chronicles. Ordained a deacon in 1771, he served as a rector and then archdeacon of Bemerton near Salisbury from 1786 until his death. Biography William Coxe was born on in Dover Street, Piccadilly, London, the eldest son of William Coxe (c. 17101760), a physician to the king's household, and his wife, Martha, daughter of Paul D'Aranda. He was the older brother of the writer and poet Peter Coxe (c. 1753–1844), who wrote the poem "Social Day". Following his father's death in 1760, his mother married John Christopher Smith, who was Handel's amanuensis. Educated at Marylebone Grammar School (1753–54) and then at Eton College (1754–64), Coxe matriculated to King's College, Cambridge at Easter 1765. He received his BA in 1769, and his MA in 1772. From 1768 to 1771, he was a fellow of Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Coxe
Cameron Terry Coxe (born 18 December 1998) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Boreham Wood. Early life Coxe was born in Merthyr Tydfil and attended Afon Taf High School. Club career Cardiff City Coxe began his career at Cardiff City, joining the club's youth academy at the age of seven before signing his first professional contract in February 2017. He made his professional debut during a 2–1 defeat against Burton Albion in the second round of the EFL Cup on 22 August 2017. However, Coxe did not feature for the first team for another two years. He appeared in two FA Cup fixtures under new manager Neil Harris in January 2020, but was later released at the end of the 2019–20 season. Solihull Moors In August 2020, Coxe signed for National League side Solihull Moors. Colchester United (loan) On 2 July 2021, Coxe joined League Two side Colchester United on loan until January 2022. He made his debut in Colchester's 0–0 draw away at Carlisle United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Coxe
Margaret Coxe (1805–1855) was an American writer and educator. Coxe founded the Cincinnati Female Seminary in 1843. Seven years later, John Zachos became a co-owner and principal of the school. In 1851, they became co-owners and principals of the Cooper Female Institute in Dayton, Ohio. Coxe wrote several books, including ''The Young Lady's Companion'' and ''Claims of the Country on American Females''. Early life Margaret Coxe, the daughter of William Coxe, Esq. and Rachel Smith, was born in Burlington, New Jersey in 1805. Rachel was the daughter and only heir to her father, Richard Smith's estate. William and Rachel had eight children, Maria, Margaret, Anne, Harriet, Emily, William Smith, Richard Smith and Elizabeth. Margaret studied at home, which had a good library. Coxe had a love of learning, was disciplined in her studies, and was religious. Her sister Harriet was married Albert Taylor Bledsoe. Coxe took care of their daughter Sophia when she lived in Cincinnati, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coxen
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Coxen is a surname and refer to: * Charles Coxen (1809-1876), Australian naturalist and politician * Edward Coxen (1880-1954), English-born American actor *Elizabeth Coxen (1825–1906), Australian naturalist * Elizabeth Coxen (1804-1841), maiden name of Elizabeth Gould, British artist and illustrator * John Coxen (pirate) (active 1677-1682), more commonly referred to as John Coxon * Walter Adams Coxen (1870-1949), Australian Army Major General in World War I See also * Coxen's Fig-Parrot, small Australian parrot named after Charles Coxen * Cock * Cocks * Cox * Coxe * Coxon Coxon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Coxon (cricketer) (19302012), English cricketer * Alan Coxon (born before 2006), British TV chef and presenter *Alec Coxon (19162006), English cricketer * Allan Coxon (19092001), E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Coxe
Henry Octavius Coxe (20 September 1811 in Bucklebury, Berkshire, England – 8 July 1881 in Oxford) was an English librarian and scholar. The eighth son of Rev. Richard Coxe and Susan Smith, he was educated at Westminster School and Worcester College, Oxford. Immediately on taking his degree in 1833, he began work in the manuscript department of the British Museum, became in 1838 sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and in 1860 succeeded Dr. Bulkeley Bandinel as head librarian, an office he held until his death in 1881. Having proved himself an able palaeographer, he was sent out by the British government under Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston to inspect the libraries in the monasteries of the Levant in 1857. He discovered some valuable manuscripts, but the monks were too wise to part with their treasures. One valuable result of his travels was the detection of the forgery attempted by Constantine Simonides. He was the author of various catalogues, and unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Coxe
Francis Coxe (also called Fraunces Cox; ) was an English astrologer and quack physician.Heron-Allen 1887, p. 418.Heron-Allen; Kassell 2004. He was tried for sorcery in 1561 and severely punished, and his ''Unfained Retractation'' was published in a contemporary broadside. He then published a pamphlet against necromancy, and, in 1575, ''A Treatise of the Making and Use of Diverse Oils, Unguents, Emplasters and Distilled Waters''. Life Francis Coxe, a quack physician, who attained some celebrity in the sixteenth century, is best known by a curious volume of receipts entitled ''De oleis, unguentis, emplastris, etc. conficiendis'' (), London, 1575, 8vo, which is missing. His practices having attracted considerable attention, he was summoned before the privy council on a charge of sorcery, and, having been severely punished, made a public confession of his "employment of certayne sinistral and divelysh artes" at the Pillory in Cheapside on 25 June 1561. On 7 July following John Awde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopewell Coxe
Hopewell Coxe (June 28, 1812 – June 16, 1864) was an American lawyer. Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Coxe studied law in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1838. In 1842, he moved to Kentucky and in 1845, Coxe moved to Wisconsin Territory. He lived in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He served as a probate judge from 1846 to 1854. Coxe served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846. He then moved to Hartford, Wisconsin and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ... in 1857. He died in Hartford, Wisconsin.'Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin,' vol. 1, Wisconsin State Bar Association: 1905, Biographical Sketch of Hopewell Coxe, pg. 253-254 Notes External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naukane
Naukane (c. 1779 – February 2, 1850), also known as John Coxe, Edward Cox, and Coxe was a Native Hawaiian chief who traveled widely through North America in the early 19th century. He was either considered a member of the royal household of Kamehameha I or a chiefly retainer, possibly the same person as Noukana, the son of High Chief Kamanawa, the King's uncle and trusted advisor. Life In 1811 the '' Tonquin'', belonging to the American Pacific Fur Company (PFC), stopped on Oahu and recruited twenty Hawaiians to work as labourers (known as kanakas) in the Pacific Northwest. King Kamehameha I appointed Naukane to join the group and look after the interests of Hawaiian laborers. On the voyage to Fort Astoria on the Columbia River Naukane was given the name John Coxe, because he resembled a shipmate on the ''Tonquin''. online aGoogle Books/ref> Soon after Naukane arrived at Fort Astoria, David Thompson of the Montreal-based North West Company (NWC) also arrived. In July, 1811 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
