Robert Habersham Coleman
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. He was nationally known as the "Iron King of Pennsylvania." In 1879, he was worth about $7 million (equivalent to $236,225,000 in today's money). By 1889, he had turned that into $30 million (equivalent to $1,049,888,889 in today's money). At the time, he had more money than his contemporaries A. J. Drexel, Marshall Field, J. P. Morgan or Frederick William Vanderbilt.
He was "rich, progressive, generous, honest—he was utterly crushed by the financial panic of 1893."