Coe, Sophie D. (Sophie Dobzhansky), 1933-1994

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Anthropologist, food historian, and translator, Coe was the daughter of evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky and his wife Natalie. In 1955 she graduated from Radcliffe College and married Michael D. Coe, with whom she worked on various archaeological projects in Mesoamerica and the United States. Instrumental in promoting Yuri V. Khorosov's theories of Maya script in the West through her translation of his Selected Chapters from The Writing of the Maya Indians (1967), she was also a serious student of native New World cooking. Her research in this area culminated in America's First Cuisines (1994). Coe died of cancer in May 1994.

From the description of Manuscript cookbook collection, 1704-1924(inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122471488

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referencedIn Knorozov, I︠U︡. V. I︠U︡riĭ Valentinovich Knorozov papers, 1945-1998. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
creatorOf Coe, Sophie D. (Sophie Dobzhansky), 1933-. Manuscript cookbook collection, 1704-1924(inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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Birth 1933-07-07

Death 1994-05

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