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Robert Barry Coffin (“Barry Gray”) (1826–1886)
Coffin, Robert Barry. An American journalist and miscellaneous writer; born in Hudson, NY, July 21, 1826; died in Fordham, NY, June 10, 1886. He was on the staff of the Home Journal of New York (1858), and was also art critic of the Evening Post. His humorous sketches which have appeared in many periodicals over the pen-name “Barry Gray” have been extensively read. Among his publications are: ‘My Married Life at Hillside’ (1865); ‘Cakes and Ale at Woodbine’ (1868); and ‘The Home of Cooper’ (1872).