Coxe
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Coxe is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, and may refer to:
- Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr.Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr.Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr. was longtime a federal judge in New York.Coxe was born in Auburn, New York. His legal career began with private practice in Utica from 1868. In 1870 he entered the firm of Conkling, Holmes & Coxe, of Utica, composed of Roscoe Conkling, then United States Senator, ex-Judge...
, American federal judge - Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr., American federal judge
- Arthur Cleveland CoxeArthur Cleveland CoxeArthur Cleveland Coxe DD LLD was the second Episcopal bishop of New York. He used Cleveland as his given name and is often referred to as A. Cleveland Coxe.-Biography:...
, American bishop, son of Samuel Hanson CoxSamuel Hanson CoxSamuel Hanson Cox was an American Presbyterian minister and a leading abolitionist.Cox was born in Rahway, New Jersey, of Quaker stock. After renouncing his religion and serving in the War of 1812, he studied law before entering the ministry He was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mendham, New... - Daniel CoxeDaniel CoxeDr. Daniel Coxe was a governor of West Jersey from 1687-1688 and 1689-1692.-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...
, English governor of West JerseyWest JerseyWest Jersey and East Jersey were two distinct parts of the Province of New Jersey. The political division existed for 28 years, between 1674 and 1702... - Henry Octavius CoxeHenry Octavius CoxeHenry Octavius Coxe was an English librarian and scholar.The eighth son of Rev. Richard Coxe & Susan Smith, he was educated at Westminster School and Worcester College, Oxford...
, English scholar - Coxe, also known as John Coxe, was an adopted name of NaukaneNaukaneNaukane , 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...
, a 19th century Hawaiian labourerKanakasKanaka was the term for a worker from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia , Fiji and Queensland in the 19th and early 20th centuries...
for the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies - Louis O. CoxeLouis O. CoxeLouis Osborne Coxe was an American poet, playwright, essayist, and professor who was recognized by the Academy of American Poets for his "long, powerful, quiet accomplishment, largely unrecognized, in lyric poetry." He was probably best known for his dramatic adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy...
, American poet - Tench CoxeTench CoxeTench Coxe was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788-1789. He wrote under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian".-Biography:...
, early American economist and politician - William CoxeWilliam CoxeWilliam Coxe , English historian, son of Dr. William Coxe, Physician to the Royal Household, was born in London. After his father's death his mother Martha married John Christopher Smith, who was Handel's amanuensis ....
, English historian
See also
- CockCock (surname)The surname Cock is derived from the Dutch and Flemish surname de Cock, alternately found as de Cook or de Kok and can be Anglicanised as Cook, and comes from the occupation of a cook....
- CocksCocks (surname)Cocks is a surname, and may refer to:*Arthur Cocks, Australian cricket umpire*Charles Cocks, British 19th century wine enthusiast, author of Cocks & Féret*Clifford Cocks, British cryptographer*Jay Cocks, film writer...
- CoxCox (surname)The surname Cox is of English or Welsh origin, and may have originated independently in several locations in Great Britain, with the variations arriving at a standard spelling only later. An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields,...
- Coxen
- CoxonCoxonCoxon is a surname, and may refer to:*Alec Coxon, English cricketer*Graham Coxon, English musician*John Coxon * John Coxon, member of English band Spring Heel Jack-See also:* Cock* Cocks* Cox* Coxe* Coxen...