Biography.guide
Home › People › Historian › J. Winston Coleman
Portrait of J. Winston Coleman

J. Winston Coleman

1898 – 1983

American historian

Historian
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About J. Winston Coleman

Lived 1898 – 1983 (aged 84–85). J. Winston Coleman was a historian.

J. Winston Coleman (November 5, 1898 – May 4, 1983) was an American tobacco farmer, contractor, newspaper columnist, historian, book collector, and bibliographer who specialized in the study of 19th-century Kentucky, United States. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in the 1920s with a bachelor's and master's in mechanical engineering. There was an exhibit of "slave lore" collected by Coleman at the University of Kentucky in 1940.

In addition to writing several books, he published over 50 pamphlets. In the late 1960s he donated "3,500 books and pamphlets," scrapbooks, photographs, "Kentucky church histories, maps, atlases, personal correspondence and manuscripts" to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.

He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1983 after a long illness.

Selected works Masonry in the Bluegrass (1933) Stagecoach Days in the Bluegrass (1935) Slavery Times in Kentucky (1940) A Bibliography of Kentucky History (1940) Historic Kentucky (1967) Lexington During the Civil War (1968) Famous Kentucky Duels The Springs of Kentucky

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Born
1898
Birth century
19th century
Died
1983
Occupation
Historian

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped J. Winston Coleman's

Portrait of Christiaan Eijkman
Christiaan Eijkman
1858 – 1930
Physician
 Portrait of Gerard De Geer
Gerard De Geer
1858 – 1943
Geologist
 Portrait of William Berryman Scott
William Berryman Scott
1858 – 1947
Paleontologist
 Portrait of Édouard Goursat
Édouard Goursat
1858 – 1936
Mathematician
 Portrait of Johan Jensen
Johan Jensen
1859 – 1925
Mathematician
 Portrait of Theobald Smith
Theobald Smith
1859 – 1934
University teacher

Frequently asked questions

Who was J. Winston Coleman?

American historian (1898–1983)

When was J. Winston Coleman born?

J. Winston Coleman was born in 1898.

When did J. Winston Coleman die?

J. Winston Coleman died in 1983.

What was J. Winston Coleman's occupation?

J. Winston Coleman was a historian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: J. Winston Coleman

· Wikidata: Q130381034

· DBpedia: J. Winston Coleman

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). J. Winston Coleman. https://biography.guide/j-winston-coleman/

MLA: "J. Winston Coleman." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/j-winston-coleman/.

Chicago: "J. Winston Coleman." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/j-winston-coleman/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:33 UTC