Born: December 26, 1813, Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
Died: May 3, 1891.
Coles graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1835. In 1866, he was president of the New Jersey Medical Society; in 1871, Princeton University awarded him an LLD degree. His works include:
Dies Irae (New York, 1859)
Stabat Mater Dolorosa, 1865
Stabat Mater Speciosa, 1866
Old Gems in New Settings, 1866
The Microcosm, 1866, 1881
The Evangel in Verse, 1874
The Light of the World, 1884
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