Early founding force and benefactor in the establishment of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as a world class institution.
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Hazleton Sentinel; Thursday, December 27, 1906:
Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., of Drifton, has donated $40,000 to the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made at a meeting of contributors to the department of archaeology of the University yesterday. The money is to be paid to the curator of the Department of Eqyptology at the rate of $8,000 a year for five years.
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Philadelphia Inquirer; Thursday, September 21, 1916:
After an illness of more than a year, Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr., millionaire, student of archaeology, generous patron of the University Museum and member of a family widely known in Philadelphia society, died yesterday at his summer home at Drifton, Pa. Mr. Coxe was 44 years old. He is survived by his mother. His home in this city was at 1604 Locust street. Although no word has been received here regarding funeral arrangements, it is expected that he will be buried in this city.
Mr. Coxe's death was a shock to his many friends here, despite the fact that he had been in ill health for a long time. Only recently he went on an automobile trip to Maine, in company with his aged mother and other relatives, and although it was known that he was not in the best of condition it was not suspected by his friends here that death was near. News of his demise was contained in a dispatch received from Hazleton, Pa.
Named after one of the pioneer anthracite coal operators of this country, Mr. Coxe in his early life played a prominent part in the firm of Coxe Brothers & Co., Inc., which mined coal in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill counties before the properties were leased to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. His uncle, Eckley B. Coxe, Sr., was the founder of the coal interests held by the family. He died in 1895.
The greater part of his life, however, Mr. Coxe devoted to the study of archaeology. For many years he was the chief financial support of the University Museum and during the last ten years acted as president of the intuition. He is said to have taken upon his shoulders the entire running expenses of the museum.
Long the head of the Egyptian Society, Mr. Coxe sent five expeditions to Egypt, the last one, the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., expedition, only recently discovering the temple and palace of Meren-Ptah, who is believed to have been the ruler of Egypt during the time of Moses. Many other valuable discoveries have been made by archaeologists in various parts of the world through the generosity of Mr. Coxe, and it is said of the $2,000,000 worth of treasures in the University Museum that a large portion of them were donated by the patron who died yesterday.
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"Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr. is remembered today as one of the Museum's greatest early donors. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania coal mining family, the death of his father in Egypt when Coxe was only one apparently resulted in a life-long passion for ancient Egypt. As President of the Museum's Board from 1910 to 1916, and together with Charles Custis Harrison as Board Vice President and George Byron Gordon as Director, he ushered in one of the most glorious periods of Museum history.
"Coxe began financing the Museum's publications in 1896; he later funded its first archaeological expeditions to Egypt and Nubia from 1907 to 1911."
Source: http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/eckley-brinton-coxe-jr-2/ (University of Pennsylvania)
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Hazleton Sentinel; Thursday, December 27, 1906:
Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., of Drifton, has donated $40,000 to the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made at a meeting of contributors to the department of archaeology of the University yesterday. The money is to be paid to the curator of the Department of Eqyptology at the rate of $8,000 a year for five years.
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Philadelphia Inquirer; Thursday, September 21, 1916:
After an illness of more than a year, Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr., millionaire, student of archaeology, generous patron of the University Museum and member of a family widely known in Philadelphia society, died yesterday at his summer home at Drifton, Pa. Mr. Coxe was 44 years old. He is survived by his mother. His home in this city was at 1604 Locust street. Although no word has been received here regarding funeral arrangements, it is expected that he will be buried in this city.
Mr. Coxe's death was a shock to his many friends here, despite the fact that he had been in ill health for a long time. Only recently he went on an automobile trip to Maine, in company with his aged mother and other relatives, and although it was known that he was not in the best of condition it was not suspected by his friends here that death was near. News of his demise was contained in a dispatch received from Hazleton, Pa.
Named after one of the pioneer anthracite coal operators of this country, Mr. Coxe in his early life played a prominent part in the firm of Coxe Brothers & Co., Inc., which mined coal in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill counties before the properties were leased to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. His uncle, Eckley B. Coxe, Sr., was the founder of the coal interests held by the family. He died in 1895.
The greater part of his life, however, Mr. Coxe devoted to the study of archaeology. For many years he was the chief financial support of the University Museum and during the last ten years acted as president of the intuition. He is said to have taken upon his shoulders the entire running expenses of the museum.
Long the head of the Egyptian Society, Mr. Coxe sent five expeditions to Egypt, the last one, the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., expedition, only recently discovering the temple and palace of Meren-Ptah, who is believed to have been the ruler of Egypt during the time of Moses. Many other valuable discoveries have been made by archaeologists in various parts of the world through the generosity of Mr. Coxe, and it is said of the $2,000,000 worth of treasures in the University Museum that a large portion of them were donated by the patron who died yesterday.
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"Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr. is remembered today as one of the Museum's greatest early donors. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania coal mining family, the death of his father in Egypt when Coxe was only one apparently resulted in a life-long passion for ancient Egypt. As President of the Museum's Board from 1910 to 1916, and together with Charles Custis Harrison as Board Vice President and George Byron Gordon as Director, he ushered in one of the most glorious periods of Museum history.
"Coxe began financing the Museum's publications in 1896; he later funded its first archaeological expeditions to Egypt and Nubia from 1907 to 1911."
Source: http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/eckley-brinton-coxe-jr-2/ (University of Pennsylvania)
Early founding force and benefactor in the establishment of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as a world class institution.
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Hazleton Sentinel; Thursday, December 27, 1906:
Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., of Drifton, has donated $40,000 to the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made at a meeting of contributors to the department of archaeology of the University yesterday. The money is to be paid to the curator of the Department of Eqyptology at the rate of $8,000 a year for five years.
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Philadelphia Inquirer; Thursday, September 21, 1916:
After an illness of more than a year, Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr., millionaire, student of archaeology, generous patron of the University Museum and member of a family widely known in Philadelphia society, died yesterday at his summer home at Drifton, Pa. Mr. Coxe was 44 years old. He is survived by his mother. His home in this city was at 1604 Locust street. Although no word has been received here regarding funeral arrangements, it is expected that he will be buried in this city.
Mr. Coxe's death was a shock to his many friends here, despite the fact that he had been in ill health for a long time. Only recently he went on an automobile trip to Maine, in company with his aged mother and other relatives, and although it was known that he was not in the best of condition it was not suspected by his friends here that death was near. News of his demise was contained in a dispatch received from Hazleton, Pa.
Named after one of the pioneer anthracite coal operators of this country, Mr. Coxe in his early life played a prominent part in the firm of Coxe Brothers & Co., Inc., which mined coal in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill counties before the properties were leased to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. His uncle, Eckley B. Coxe, Sr., was the founder of the coal interests held by the family. He died in 1895.
The greater part of his life, however, Mr. Coxe devoted to the study of archaeology. For many years he was the chief financial support of the University Museum and during the last ten years acted as president of the intuition. He is said to have taken upon his shoulders the entire running expenses of the museum.
Long the head of the Egyptian Society, Mr. Coxe sent five expeditions to Egypt, the last one, the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., expedition, only recently discovering the temple and palace of Meren-Ptah, who is believed to have been the ruler of Egypt during the time of Moses. Many other valuable discoveries have been made by archaeologists in various parts of the world through the generosity of Mr. Coxe, and it is said of the $2,000,000 worth of treasures in the University Museum that a large portion of them were donated by the patron who died yesterday.
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"Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr. is remembered today as one of the Museum's greatest early donors. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania coal mining family, the death of his father in Egypt when Coxe was only one apparently resulted in a life-long passion for ancient Egypt. As President of the Museum's Board from 1910 to 1916, and together with Charles Custis Harrison as Board Vice President and George Byron Gordon as Director, he ushered in one of the most glorious periods of Museum history.
"Coxe began financing the Museum's publications in 1896; he later funded its first archaeological expeditions to Egypt and Nubia from 1907 to 1911."
Source: http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/eckley-brinton-coxe-jr-2/ (University of Pennsylvania)
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Hazleton Sentinel; Thursday, December 27, 1906:
Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., of Drifton, has donated $40,000 to the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made at a meeting of contributors to the department of archaeology of the University yesterday. The money is to be paid to the curator of the Department of Eqyptology at the rate of $8,000 a year for five years.
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Philadelphia Inquirer; Thursday, September 21, 1916:
After an illness of more than a year, Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr., millionaire, student of archaeology, generous patron of the University Museum and member of a family widely known in Philadelphia society, died yesterday at his summer home at Drifton, Pa. Mr. Coxe was 44 years old. He is survived by his mother. His home in this city was at 1604 Locust street. Although no word has been received here regarding funeral arrangements, it is expected that he will be buried in this city.
Mr. Coxe's death was a shock to his many friends here, despite the fact that he had been in ill health for a long time. Only recently he went on an automobile trip to Maine, in company with his aged mother and other relatives, and although it was known that he was not in the best of condition it was not suspected by his friends here that death was near. News of his demise was contained in a dispatch received from Hazleton, Pa.
Named after one of the pioneer anthracite coal operators of this country, Mr. Coxe in his early life played a prominent part in the firm of Coxe Brothers & Co., Inc., which mined coal in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill counties before the properties were leased to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. His uncle, Eckley B. Coxe, Sr., was the founder of the coal interests held by the family. He died in 1895.
The greater part of his life, however, Mr. Coxe devoted to the study of archaeology. For many years he was the chief financial support of the University Museum and during the last ten years acted as president of the intuition. He is said to have taken upon his shoulders the entire running expenses of the museum.
Long the head of the Egyptian Society, Mr. Coxe sent five expeditions to Egypt, the last one, the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., expedition, only recently discovering the temple and palace of Meren-Ptah, who is believed to have been the ruler of Egypt during the time of Moses. Many other valuable discoveries have been made by archaeologists in various parts of the world through the generosity of Mr. Coxe, and it is said of the $2,000,000 worth of treasures in the University Museum that a large portion of them were donated by the patron who died yesterday.
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"Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr. is remembered today as one of the Museum's greatest early donors. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania coal mining family, the death of his father in Egypt when Coxe was only one apparently resulted in a life-long passion for ancient Egypt. As President of the Museum's Board from 1910 to 1916, and together with Charles Custis Harrison as Board Vice President and George Byron Gordon as Director, he ushered in one of the most glorious periods of Museum history.
"Coxe began financing the Museum's publications in 1896; he later funded its first archaeological expeditions to Egypt and Nubia from 1907 to 1911."
Source: http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/eckley-brinton-coxe-jr-2/ (University of Pennsylvania)
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