Francis Parkman Coffin (April 5, 1880 – August 19, 1956) was an American electrical engineering pioneer.
He was educated at the St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and graduated from Harvard College in 1902.
He worked at GE for the duration of his career, first in the testing department and then in the Research Laboratory.
[4] He also conducted experimental studies of the properties and limitations of various types of steel for use in mercury boilers and steam turbines at high pressures and temperatures.
[2][5][6] Coffin was an active conservationist, and became an authority on the studies of botany, geology, and anthropology.