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Edward Martin Colie was born on October 27, 1852, in Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey.
He was a prominent Newark, New Jersey attorney, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, former president of the Alumni Association of the College of the City of New York, and a member of the Association for the Advancement of Science.
In 1878, he married Caroline Matilda Runyon (1857–1925). He died on May 6, 1931, in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.