Jesse Fell

male
Pennsylvania politician, industrial revolution, anthracitecoal, Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, from the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
Jesse Fell was an early political leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was the first to successfully burn anthracite coal on an open air grate....
Franklin B. Gowen

Franklin B. Gowen

male, deceased (1889)
Reading Railroad Massacre, secret society, J.P. Morgan, Great railroad strike of 1877, anthracite, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad…anthracitecoal, coal
Franklin Benjamin Gowen (February 9 1836 - December 13 1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (commonly referred to as...
George W. Scranton

George W. Scranton

male, deceased (1861)
Republican, U.S. House of Representatives, from Pennsylvania, American railroad executive, entrepreneur, republican party…anthracitecoal, Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company
George Whitfield Scranton, was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George Scranton was born in Madison,...

Charles Miner

male, deceased (1865)
U.S. House of Representatives, from Pennsylvania, federalist, anthracitecoal, American, Newspaper editor
Charles Miner was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Charles Miner was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He attended the...
Eliphalet Nott

Eliphalet Nott

male, deceased (1866)
President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Nott Memorial, Counsels to Young Men, Lectures on Temperance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty, From Schenectady…anthracitecoal
Eliphalet Nott (June 25, 1773 - January 25, 1866), American divine, was born at Ashford, Connecticut. He was left an orphan without resources, but...
Jack Delano

Jack Delano

male, deceased (1997)
film score composer, solfeggio, composer, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, anthracitecoal, American
Jack Delano (August 1, 1914 - August 12, 1997) was an American photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and a composer noted for his...
Henry Darwin Rogers

Henry Darwin Rogers

male, deceased (1866)
Dickinson College, Fellow of the Royal Society, Geologist, from Pennsylvania, coal, appalachian…anthracitecoal, coal-fields, anthracite
Henry Darwin Rogers (August 1, 1808 - May 26, 1866) was an American geologist. Rogers was born at Philadelphia, at the age of 21 he was chosen...

Charles Calvin Bowman

male, deceased (1941)
Republican, Union College, civil engineering, U.S. House of Representatives, from Pennsylvania, republican party…anthracitecoal, Pennsylvania Coal Company
Charles Calvin Bowman (March 4 1873 - July 30 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Charles Calvin...

J.J. Stevenson

male, deceased (1924)
New York University, professor, from New York City, Geologist, West Virginia University, greene…anthracitecoal, bituminous coal, anthracite
John James Stevenson (1841-1924) was an American geologist, born in New York City. He graduated at New York University in 1863, became professor of...