John Eliot Coit
| John Eliot Coit | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 9, 1880 San Antonio, Texas |
| Died | June 4, 1976 (aged 96) |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Notable students | Robert Willard Hodgson |
| Known for | Father of avocado industry in California |
| Spouse | Emilie A. Hanna, Luise Gait Viney |
| Children | Eleanor, Frances and Lucy |
John Eliot Coit (March 9, 1880 – June 4, 1976) was an American professor specializing in the horticultural fields of avocado, citrus and carob, and second curator of University of California Citrus Variety Collection
John Eliot Coit married Emilie A. Hanna in 1907 at Durham, North Carolina. They had three girls: Eleanor, Frances and Lucy. His first wife died August 10, 1924. In 1926 Coit was married to Luise Gait Viney of Pasadena. His second wife died on August 25, 1962.
Reared in Texas and North Carolina, he spent much of his early life learning the fundamentals of agriculture on experimentally level, with shovel and hoe.
He entered the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1899, graduating in Agriculture in 1903.
Soon he became Assistant Professor of Pomology, University of California at the Whittier Pathological Laboratory and at the University of California Citrus Experiment Station, in Riverside, California. He was Superintendent of the Citrus Experiment Station at Mount Rubidoux in 1912, and in that position was instrumental in selecting the site of the present Citrus Research Center and Experiment Station at Riverside.
From 1913 to 1917, Coit was Professor of Citriculture, University of California, Berkeley. Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County, 1917 to 1919. In 1919 he founded the "Coit Agricultural Service" and is today continuing in this line of service.
Among agricultural organizations, Coit has served as director of the Sierra Madre Lamanda Citrus Association, the California Avocado Association in 1915 and again from 1923 to 1947, and served as president three terms. In 1924 he helped organize the California Avocado Growers Association (now Calavo) and served as director until 1944.
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