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Coit may refer to: People *Adela Coit (1863–1932) German women's suffragist *Coit Albertson, American actor * Coit D. Blacker, Special Assistant to the President *Daniel Coit Gilman, American educator *James Milnor Coit, American teacher *John Coit Spooner, senator from Wisconsin *Joshua Coit: American lawyer and politician *Judson B. Coit Observatory, the astronomical observatory of the Boston University * Lillie Hitchcock Coit, firefighter and eccentric *Madelin Coit, American multi-media artist *Moses Coit Tyler, American author *Stanton Coit, writer on ethics Other *Coit Tower Coit Tower is a tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, offering panoramic views over the city and the bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's beq ..., landmark in San Francisco * Battle of Cat Coit Celidon, a battle in Arthurian legends See also * Koit (other) * Quoit (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coit Tower
Coit Tower is a tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, offering panoramic views over the city and the bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 2008. The Art Deco tower, built of unpainted reinforced concrete, was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Temple Howard. The interior features fresco murals in the American fresco mural painting style, painted by 25 different onsite artists and their numerous assistants, plus two additional paintings installed after creation offsite. Also known as the Coit Memorial Tower, it was dedicated to the volunteer firemen who had died in San Francisco's five major fires. A concrete relief of a phoenix by sculptor Robert Boardman Howard is placed above the main entrance. It was commissioned by the architect and cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Coit
Adela Stanton Coit (also known as Fanny Adela Coit and Adela Wetzlar, née von Gans, September 11, 1863 – October 7, 1932) was a women's suffragist and social reformer. She was a large proponent of the Ethical Movement, which was a movement that focused on providing humanism, or living "rich and moral lives without reference to religious doctrines or supernatural beliefs." Personal life Margy (Margaret) Coit with leading suffragists including Rosika Schwimmer at the 1913 International Suffrage Congress in Budapest Adela Coit was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, the daughter of Augusta von Gans (née Ettling) and German industrialist Fredrich Ludwig. She had two brothers, Paul Frederick von Gans and Ludwig Wilhelm von Gans. Coit was married to the writer and philanthropist Stanton Coit on December 21 of 1898. She had also been married to Moritz Benedikt Julius Wetzlar. She had a son, Richard Wetzlar, and three daughters, Elizabeth Wetzlar; Margaret Wetzlar and Virginia Flemm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coit Albertson
Edward Coit Albertson (October 14, 1880 – December 13, 1953) was an Americans, American stage and film actor. Biography Albertson was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of George and Elizabeth (née Stock) Albertson, and began his acting career on Broadway theatre, Broadway, where, among other productions, he played in ''Stubborn Cinderella''. He was also active in vaudeville. Eventually he became a leading man of the 1920s, and was well known for his many character roles in motion pictures. He became one of the large number of silent movie actors who either would not or could not make the transition to the Sound film, talkie era. His cremated Cadaver, remains are located in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, Inglewood, California. Filmography * ''For Freedom'' (1918) * ''The Carter Case'' (1919) * ''Who's Your Brother?'' (1919) * ''Wits vs. Wits'' (1920) * ''The $1,000,000 Reward'' (1920) * ''The Silver Lining (1921 film), The Silver Lining'' (1921) * ''Why ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Coit may refer to: People *Adela Coit (1863–1932) German women's suffragist *Coit Albertson, American actor * Coit D. Blacker, Special Assistant to the President *Daniel Coit Gilman, American educator *James Milnor Coit, American teacher *John Coit Spooner, senator from Wisconsin *Joshua Coit: American lawyer and politician *Judson B. Coit Observatory, the astronomical observatory of the Boston University * Lillie Hitchcock Coit, firefighter and eccentric *Madelin Coit, American multi-media artist *Moses Coit Tyler, American author *Stanton Coit, writer on ethics Other *Coit Tower Coit Tower is a tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, offering panoramic views over the city and the bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's beq ..., landmark in San Francisco * Battle of Cat Coit Celidon, a battle in Arthurian legends See also * Koit (other) * Quoit (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman (; July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the second president of the University of California, Berkeley, as the first president of Johns Hopkins University, and as founding president of the Carnegie Institution. Eponymous halls at both Berkeley and Hopkins pay tribute to his service. He was also co-founder of the Russell Trust Association, which administers the business affairs of Yale's Skull and Bones society. Gilman served for twenty five years as president of Johns Hopkins; his inauguration in 1876 has been said to mark "the starting point of postgraduate education in the U.S." Biography Early years Born in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of Eliza (''née'' Coit) and mill owner William Charles Gilman, a descendant of Edward Gilman, one of the first settlers of Exeter, New Hampshire, of Thomas Dudley, Governor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Milnor Coit
James Milnor Coit (January 31, 1845 – 1925) was an American teacher and scientist. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and educated at Hobart College. He was connected for some time with the Cleveland Tube Works. In 1876, he became master in natural sciences at his alma mater, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, where he was appointed vice rector in 1904. In 1909, he was in Europe at the University of Munich, engaged in research work. He later became head of the Coit School for American boys in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu .... In 1903, he was elected an honorary member of the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati. Works His publications include: * ''A Manual of Chemical Arithmetic'' (1886) * ''Treatise on the X-Rays and their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coit Spooner
John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907. A Republican, by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major decisions of the Senate, along with Orville H. Platt of Connecticut, William B. Allison of Iowa, and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island. Early life Spooner was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on January 6, 1843, the son of Philip Loring Spooner and Lydia (Coit) Spooner. Philip Spooner was an attorney and judge and served on the bench in both Indiana and Wisconsin. Spooner moved with his parents to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1859. He attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Philosophy (Philosophiae Baccalaureus, or P.B.) degree in 1864. While in college, Spooner joined the Psi Upsilon fraternity and was admitted to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Military se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Coit
Joshua Coit (October 7, 1758 – September 5, 1798) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut. Early life and career Coit was born in New London in the Connecticut Colony, the son of Joseph Coit and Lydia (Lathrop) Coit. He attended the common schools and graduated from Harvard College in 1776. Coit studied law, was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in New London in 1779. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1784 to 1785, 1789 to 1790, 1792 and 1793. Coit served as clerk during several terms and as speaker in 1793. He was elected as a Pro-Administration Party candidate to the Third United States Congress, and was reelected as a Federalist candidate to the Fourth United States Congress The 4th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Judson may refer to: Places Canada *Judson, Alberta *Mount Judson, Vancouver Island, British Columbia United States * Judson, Indiana, Howard County *Judson, Parke County, Indiana *North Judson, Indiana, Starke County * Judson, Minnesota, an unincorporated community *Judson Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota *Judson, North Carolina (other), multiple locations *Judson, South Carolina, Greenville County *Judson, Texas, Gregg County * Judson, West Virginia, Summers County People *Judson (name) * Judson (footballer, born 1992) (born 1992), Brazilian-Equatoguinean footballer * Judson (footballer, born 1993) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer Education *Burton–Judson Courts, dormitory at University of Chicago *Judson College (other), multiple schools *Judson High School, a public secondary school in Converse, Texas *Judson Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas *Judson School, former boarding school in Paradise Valley, Arizona *Judson University, Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Lillie (Elizabeth) Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 – July 22, 1929) was a patron of San Francisco's volunteer firefighters and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco. Life Born in West Point, New York, in 1843, she moved to California from West Point with her parents—Charles, an Army doctor, and Martha Hitchcock. "Firebelle Lil" Coit was considered eccentric, smoking cigars and wearing trousers long before it was socially acceptable for women to do so. She was an avid gambler and often dressed like a man in order to gamble in the male-only establishments that dotted North Beach. Her father was successful and when he died he left a substantial inheritance. As a young woman, she traveled to Europe with her mother. After her return, she married Howard Coit, the "caller" of the San Francisco Stock Exchange during an economic boom. They separated in 1880, and he died in 1885 at age 47. In 1903, Alexander Garrett, a distant cousin of Mrs. Coit, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madelin Coit
Madelin Coit is an American multi-disciplinary artist whose career began in the 1970s. In her work, Coit has produced numerous series across media, including sprayed-oil paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, installation, video projection, writing, performance, steel, neon, and shadow. Her work is in the collections of the State of New Mexico, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe. Early life and education Coit graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1968 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 1971, she moved from Boston, Massachusetts to California to begin graduate coursework at CalArts Design School and to pursue her creative work. Artwork Coit works simultaneously in different media: drawing with graphite, engineered paper, reworked found objects, shadows, steel, neon, installation, performance and video. She explores physical and emotional perception, and the way understandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Coit Tyler
Moses Coit Tyler (August 2, 1835 – December 28, 1900) was an American author and professor of American history. Biography He was born Moses Tyler in Griswold, Connecticut. At an early age he removed with his parents to Detroit, Michigan. He entered the University of Michigan in 1853, but in the next year went to Yale College, where he was a member of Skull and Bones and from which he graduated AB in 1857, and received the degree of A.M. in 1863. He studied for the Congregational ministry at the Yale Divinity School (1857–1858) and at the Andover Theological Seminary (1858–1859), and held a pastorate at Owego, New York, in 1859-1860 and at Poughkeepsie in 1860-1862. In 1862, at the request of his cousin, Dr. Daniel T. Coit of Boston, he adopted the name "Coit" as his middle name. Owing to ill-health and a change in his theological beliefs, he left the ministry. He became interested in physical training, and for some time (partly in England) wrote and lectured on the subject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
