Eleanor Coade

Standard Name: Coade, Eleanor

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1769

Eleanor Coade (1733-1821) began commercial production of Coade stone, a material made to a secret recipe, used for garden ornaments and said to be both more workable and more durable than natural stone.

1821

The outstanding business woman Eleanor Coade died, leaving a substantial self-made fortune to charities (including the British and Foreign Bible Society ) and to individuals, two-thirds of them women.

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