Background

Coville, Frederick Vernon was born on March 23, 1867 in Preston, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Addison and Lydia (More) Coville.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1887. Doctor of Science, George Washington University, 1921.

Career

Instructor botany, Cornell, 1887-1888. Assistant botanist, 1888-1893, botanist, since 1893, United States Department of Agriculture. Curator United States National Herbarium, since 1893.

Acting director National Arboretum, since 1929. Procured foundation of the Desert Botanical Laboratory by Carnegie Institution.

Works

• Other Work

  • Botany of the Death Valley Expedition. Standardized Plant Names (joint author). And many botanical papers.Awarded George Robert White medal of honor, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1931.

Membership

Fellow (vice president botany, 1902) American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• Member of Washington Academy, of Sciences. Clubs: Cosmos, Arts (Washington).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Harwood Boynton, October 4, 1890. Children: Arthur Boynton (deceased), Stanley, Katharine, Cabot, Frederick.

Father:

Joseph Addison Coville

Mother:

Lydia (More) Coville

Spouse:

Elizabeth Harwood Boynton

child:

Arthur Boynton Coville (deceased)

child:

Stanley Coville

child:

Katharine Coville

child:

Cabot Coville

child:

Frederick Coville