George Yost Coffin

George Yost Coffin (30 March 1850[1] – 28 November 1896) was a 19th-century political cartoonist noted for his characters and his work in Washington, D.C., particularly during the Civil War.[2] Coffin's political cartoons appeared in the Washington Post.[3]

George Yost Coffin
Born(1850-03-30)30 March 1850
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Died28 November 1896(1896-11-28) (aged 46)
NationalityUnited States
Area(s)Cartoonist

Legacy

His papers are held by George Washington University.[4]

Family and childhood

Born 30 March 1850 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, his parents were Sarah A. Harrington and George M. Coffin.[1]

Academic life

Coffin began his studies in the Preparatory Department at Columbian College in 1862.[1] In 1904, the college changed its name to the George Washington University.[5]

gollark: ⛳
gollark: Can someone link the hatchlings?
gollark: Yay, got a blue spotty one.
gollark: I still don't consider the raffle issue actually at all fixed.
gollark: But anyway, while I don't always think he's lying, most TJ09 messages are quite vague about stuff.

References
  1. Lyle Slovick, Washington History, Fall/Winter 2006–2007, George Y. Coffin — A Schoolboy’s Life in 19th-Century Washington Archived 5 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. Lyle Slovick, George Washington Magazine, Fall 2006, The Words and Artistry of George Yost Coffin. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. Quintero, Ruben (15 April 2008). A Companion to Satire: Ancient and Modern. John Wiley & Sons. p. 529. ISBN 978-1-4051-7199-1.
  4. "Guide to the George Coffin Papers, 1858–1896". George Coffin papers, Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University.
  5. Columbian University Becomes George Washington University in 1904, Ghosts of DC, 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2017.


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