Background
Coggeshall, Arthur Sterry was born on July 17, 1873 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Sterry Israel and Harriet Ellen (Jeffries) Coggeshall.
Coggeshall, Arthur Sterry was born on July 17, 1873 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Sterry Israel and Harriet Ellen (Jeffries) Coggeshall.
Educational public schools, New Haven, Connecticut. Honorary Doctor of Science, Occidental College, 1950.
With American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1896-1899, curator public education and preparator-in-chief department of paleontology, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 1899-1929. Designed and perfected cast steel method of mounting large Dinosaurus, 1904. Director Saint Paul Institute, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1929-1931.
Chief Illinois State Museum, Springfield, 1931-1937.
Director Santa Barbara (California) Museum Natural History, since 1937. Specialized work, Dinosaurs, British Museum Natural History Branch, 1905.
Natural History Museum, Jardin des Plantes, Paris. France, 1901; Museum Fur Nature Künde, Berlin, Germany, 1908.
Royal Museum Natural History, Vienna, Austria, 1909.
Museo Geologico, Bologna, Italy, 1909. Imperial Museum, Saint St. Petersburg, Russia, 1911. National Museum of Argentina, Louisiana Plata, Argentina, 1912.
National Museum of Spain, Madrid, Spain, 1913.
Member forest advising committee, secretary, Western Museum’ Conference. Fellow Associate of Arts Associate of Science; member of council American Association Music’. Lecturer natural history subjects and travels.
Married Jennie Louise Smith, April. Married second, Adelaide Arneson, October 28, 1946. Children: Ethyl Adele (Mistress Elmer P. Kuhn), Mildred Olive (Mistress Benedict Kristoff), Hazel Eloise (Mistress Rigby Pogmore).