Coffin

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Coffin is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including American clergyman and social activist William Sloane Coffin.

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Coffin canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
surname
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
citizenship United States of America
educatedAt Union Theological Seminary
Yale University
familyName Coffin
givenName Sloane
William
hasLanguageOfOrigin English
hasNotableBearer Charles A. Coffin
Henry Sloane Coffin
Levi Coffin
Robert P. T. Coffin
Tristram Coffin
William Sloane Coffin
movement civil rights movement
peace movement
notableFor Underground Railroad conductor
anti–Vietnam War activism
civil rights activism
early settler of Nantucket
first president of General Electric
occupation Christian minister
abolitionist
businessman
clergyman
industrialist
poet
settler
social activist
theologian
writer
positionHeld chaplain of Yale University
senior minister of Riverside Church
religion Christianity
Protestantism

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