Coon, Edith M. (Edith Marion), 1889-1939
Variant namesEdith Marion Coon was born on March 1, 1889 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of E. Brownell Coon. She graduated from Springfield High School and attended Mount Holyoke College from 1909-1913, where she majored in mathematics and physics. She was an instructor and reader in mathematics at Mount Holyoke from 1914-1916 and received a M.A. in mathematics from the College in 1916. That same year she left to teach at Women's Christian College in Madras, India, where she was the first American to serve on the school's staff. She worked there as a mathematics teacher, head of the Physics Department and Vice-Principal until her death in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on June 1, 1939 at the age of fifty.
From the guide to the Coon Papers MS 0525., ca. 1913-1939., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)
1914-1916 instructor and reader in mathematics at Mount Holyoke College; 1916-1939 mathematics teacher, head of Physics Department, Vice-Principal at Women's Christian College, Madras.
Epithet: teacher
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000168
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| referencedIn | Archives of the Friends of the Women's Christian Colleges in Madras, and of their predecessors, the British Boards of the Colleges, 1911-1988 | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Haynes papers MS 0807., 1894-1958. | Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Coon Papers MS 0525., ca. 1913-1939. | Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Haynes, Frances E., 1870-1958. Haynes papers, 1895-1958. | Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library |
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| associatedWith | Women's Christian College (Madras, India) - History - Sources. | corporateBody |
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| Christa Seva Vidhyalaya, Madras |
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Birth 1889
Death 1939
