E. Coppée Mitchell

Mitchell was born in Savannah, Georgia.[1] He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1835.[1] He worked in the law office of John C. Mitchell, and was admitted to the bar in October 1858.[1]

He lived at 2015 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Mitchell was married, and had six children.[1] He was a Democrat.[1]

Mitchell was a professor of real estate, conveyancing, and equity jurisprudence and beginning in 1874 Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, which he began teaching at in 1872.[2][1]

He authored a number of legal books.[3] Among them, Mitchell co-authored The law of real estate and conveyancing in Pennsylvania (1890) with Robert Ralston.[4]

Mitchell was a senior member of the Masonic Order, and served as Right Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania from 1885-1886.[1][5] W.C. Fields was a member of E. Coppee Mitchell Lodge No. 605 in Philadelphia.[6]

He suffered from bouts of pneumonia, and died of heart failure.[1][7] Mitchell is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[8]