Robert Habersham Coleman | |
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| Born | March 27, 1856 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 1930 (aged 73) Hyde Park, New York, U.S. |
| Burial place | Laurel Hill Cemetery |
| Education | Trinity College |
| Occupation(s) | ironmaster, railroad president, industrialist |
| Known for | "Iron King of Pennsylvania" |
| Board member of | Trinity College |
Robert Habersham Coleman (March 27, 1856 – March 15, 1930) was an iron industrialist, railroad president, and owner of extensive farmland in Pennsylvania.[1][2] He was nationally known as the "Iron King of Pennsylvania."[1] In 1879, he was worth about $7 million (equivalent to $228,900,000 in today's money).[3] By 1889, he had turned that into $30 million (equivalent to $1,017,333,333 in today's money).[3][4] At the time, he had more money than his contemporaries A. J. Drexel, Marshall Field, J. P. Morgan or Frederick William Vanderbilt.[4]
He was "rich, progressive, generous, honest—he was utterly crushed by the financial panic of 1893."[5]
- ^ a b "Death of Robert H. Coleman at Sister's Home in Hyde Park, NJ". Lebanon Semi-Weekly News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania). March 20, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Groh, Joshua (2021-03-04). "When Robert Coleman's two-foot railway snaked through the hills of Mount Gretna". LebTown. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ^ a b Silverman, Sharon Hernes (Spring 1998). "A Blast From The Past: Cornwall Iron Furnace". Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, p. 5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Archived from the original on August 20, 2005. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:6was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Girard's Talk of the Day". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 31, 1930. p. 10. Retrieved April 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.