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William Robertson Coe (June 8, 1869 – March 15, 1955) was an insurance, railroad and business executive, a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses, as well as a collector of Americana and an important philanthropist for the academic discipline of American Studies.
William Robertson Coe II (28 November, 1926 – 23 November, 2009) was an American archaeologist and Mayanist academic. He conducted extensive field work on pre-Columbian Maya civilization sites, and published numerous works on the subject.
Coe was married three times; first, to Jeanie H. Falligant [d. 1898]. In 1900, he married Mai H. Rogers [d. 1924], daughter of Henry H. Rogers, vice president of Standard Oil Co. They had a daughter and three sons, one of whom, Robert D. Coe, became the Ambassador to Denmark. After Mai's death, Coe married Caroline Graham Slaughter [d. 12 October 1960].
It began to take its current form in 1913 when the land was purchased by William Robertson Coe, an English immigrant, and Mai Rogers Coe, heiress and daughter of Standard Oil partner Henry Huttleston Rogers.
A tribute to William R. Coe, a renowned Maya archaeologist and former director of the Tikal Project. Learn about his contributions to the study of Tikal, the national symbol of Guatemala, and his legacy at the Penn Museum.
William Robertson Coe. articles publications research. Date Title Publication; 1965: Tikal Ten Years of Study of a Maya Ruin in the Lowlands of Guatemala: Expedition Magazine: 1963 : Expedition News - Fall 1963: Expedition Magazine: 1963: Tikal The North ...
Caroline Winterer is William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies, and Professor by courtesy of Classics. She specializes in American history before 1900, especially the history of ideas and the history of science. She is the author of five books.
