Background
Coe, Wesley Roswell was born on November 11, 1869 in Middlefield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry Seth and Hannah (Bailey) Coe.
Coe, Wesley Roswell was born on November 11, 1869 in Middlefield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry Seth and Hannah (Bailey) Coe.
Graduate Connecticut Agricultural College, 1888, Meriden (Connecticut) High School, 1889. Bachelor of Philosophy, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1892, Doctor of Philosophy, 1895. Honorary Doctor of Science Yale, 1947.
Investigator University of Wurzburg, 1895-1896, Naples, 1896.
Assistant in biology, Sheffield Scientific School, 1892-1895. Instructor biology, Yale University, 1895-1901, assistant professor comparative anatomy, 1901-1907, professor biology, 1907-1938, professor emeritus since 1938. Curator zoological collections, Peabody Museum, 1914-1926.
Research associate, Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Member science expedns. to Alaska. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president Member American Society Naturalists, American Society Zoologists (president 1940), American Association Anatomists, American Genetic Society, New York Zoological Society, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences (fellow), San Diego History Society (president 1946-1947, president, 1947-1948).
Has written over 100 monographs and papers on biological and anatomical subjects, chiefly on morphology and embryology of invertebrates, regeneration, and change of sex in animals.
Married Charlotte Eliza Bush, July 25, 1905.