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the Lambeth conference, and was also a delegate to the second conference. In 1863 he took charge of Calvary church, New York, where he re- mained until his consecration as bishop. While in Baltimore he was elected bishop of Texas, but declined the office. Dr. Coxe was consecrated Jan. 4, 1865. as bishop coadjutor to the bishop of western New York. On April 5 of the same year Bishop De Lancey died, and Bishop Coxe suc- ceeded him as diocesan. In 1872 the missions of the church in Hayti were placed under the juris- diction of the bishop of western New York, and Bishop Coxe made a visitation to the island, consecrating the Church of the Holy Trinity, meeting the clergy in convocation, and adminis- tering the rite of confirmation. He retained this charge until the consecration of Dr. Holly as bishop of Haj'ti. In ISSO he exercised his Epis- copal functions at the GaUican chapel in Paris as bishop in charge. In 1887 he delivered the Baldwin lectures at the University of Michigan, and in 1891 the Bedell lectures at Kenyon col- lege, Ohio. Bishop Coxe became widely known outside the Episcopal church as a talented controversialist. In 1869 he published " Open Let- ters to Pius IX. "upon the calling of an Ecumeni- cal council by the Pope, which was translated into all the European languages and reissued upon the recurrence of a like event. Bishop Coxe founded the Christian literature company, and edited many of its publications. He was elected a member of the New Y^ork historical society and of the Buffalo historical society ; and was a trustee of Hobart college, 1865-96. He was lecturer on English literature at Hobart, 1866-67, and a visitor there, 1865-96. He received the degree of D.D. from the College of St. James, Hagerstown, ]\Id. in 1857 ; from Trinity, Hartford, and from the University of the City of New York in 1868, and from the University ckf Durham, England, in 1888. Kenyon college, Gambler, Ohio, conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. in 1868. His pub- lished works include: Advent, a Mystei-y (1837); Athimld (1838); St. Jonathan (1838); Christian Ballads (1840) ; Athanasion and other Poems (1842) ; Halloio e'en (1844); Satil, a Mystenj (1845); Ser- mons on Doctrine and Duty (1854) ; Apology for the English Bible (1854) ; Imjiressions of England (1856) ; Thoughts on the Seitices ; TJie Criterion (1866); 3Ioral Eeforms (1869); The Ladye Chace ; i' Episcopal de L" Occident (1872); ApoUos, or the Way of God (1874); Covenant Prayers (1875); The Penitential (1882) ; Institutes of Christian History ri887) ; The Paschal (1889) ; Holy Writ and Modern Tlwught (1893) ; and numerous writings in book and pamphlet form with addresses, pastoral let- ters, sermons, lectures, translations and edited works. In 1885-86 he edited Clark's Ante-Xicene Librai-y, 8 volumes, and his opeu letters to SatoUJ

(1895) were widely commented upon. He died at Clifton Springs, N.Y., July 20, 1896.

COXE, Charles Sidney, jurist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 31, 1791; son of Tench and Rebecca Coxe. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1808 and was admitted to the bar. He practised in Philadel- phia and was judge of the district court of Philadelphia, 1 826-35. At the foimdation of the Eastern penitentiary he was appointed president of the board of directors. He was married to Ann Maria, daughter of John Hill Brinton. His three brothers, Alexander Sidney, Edmund Sid- ney and Henrj^ Sidney Coxe ; five sons, Alexan- der Brinton, Brinton, Charles Brinton, Eckley Brinton and Henry Brinton ; and two grandsons, Alexander Brown and Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr., were all graduates of the University of Pennsyl- vania. Brown university conferred upon him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1820. He died at Drift on. Pa.. Nov. 19, 1879.

COXE, John Redman, physician, was born in Trenton, N.J., in 1778. He attended the schools of Philadelphia, Pa., studied in Scotland, and in 1794 was licensed to practise medicine. He then spent two years in study in Europe and in 1796 began practice in Philadelphia. He was physician to the hospitals there and in 1809 accepted the chair of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1818 he was transferred to '' the chair of materia medica and pharmacy and held it until 1835, when his colleagues offered a statement to the trustees declaring the depart- ment of materia medica and pharmacy of too little importance to occupy the whole time of a professor, stating that Professor Coxe was in- competent to discharge the duties of the chair, and suggesting that he be removed from the faculty. This was done, greatly to the indigna- tion of Dr. Coxe's friends and the public gen- erally. Dr. Coxe"s subsequent record refuted the charge of incompetence. He is the author of : Inflammation (1794); Importance and Eespectahility of the Science of Medicine (1800); Vaccination (1802) ; Combnstion (1811) ; Emporium of Arts and Sciences (2 vols., 1812) ; The American Di.^)€)isato)'y (5th ed., 1822) ; An Inquiry Into the Claims of Wil- liam Harvey to the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood (1834) ; Eecognition of Friends in Another World (1845); and The Writings of Hippocrates and Galen epitomised from the Original Translatioris (1846). He also translated Orfila's Practical Chemist)^ (1818) ; and edited the Philadelphia Med- ical Museum (1805-11). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 22. 1864.

COXE, Samuel Hanson, clergyman, was born at Mendham, N.J., Nov. 13, 1819; son of the Rev. Samuel Hanson and Abiah Hyde (Cleveland) Cox. He was graduated at the University ol