George Yost Coffin (30 March 1850Lyle Slovick, Washington History, Fall/Winter 2006–2007, Retrieved 7 March 2016. – 28 November 1896) was a political cartoonist noted for his characters and his work in Washington, D.C. in the late 19th century. He is also known for his diaries kept as a teenager during the US Civil War.Lyle Slovick, George Washington Magazine, Fall 2006, The Words and Artistry of George Yost Coffin. Retrieved 7 March 2016. Coffin's political cartoons appeared in The Washington Post.
Born 30 March 1850 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, his parents were Sarah A. Harrington and George M. Coffin.
Coffin began his studies in the Preparatory Department at Columbian College in 1862. In 1904, the college changed its name to the George Washington University.Columbian University Becomes George Washington University in 1904, Ghosts of DC, 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
His papers are held by George Washington University.
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