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Adela Coit Adela Stanton Coit (also known as Fanny Adela Coit and Adela Wetzlar, née von Gans, September 11, 1863 – October 7, 1932) was a women's suffragist and social reformer. She was a large proponent of the Ethical Movement, which was a movement that ...

(1863–1932) German women's suffragist *

Coit Albertson Edward Coit Albertson (October 14, 1880 – December 13, 1953) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Albertson was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of George and Elizabeth (née Stock) Albertson, and began his acting career on B ...

, American actor *

Coit D. Blacker Coit Dennis Blacker is the Olivier Nomellini Professor in International Studies in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. He served as Special Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Affairs a ...

, Special Assistant to the President *

Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (; July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the second president of the University ...

, American educator *

James Milnor Coit James Milnor Coit (January 31, 1845 – 1925) was an American teacher and scientist. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and educated at Hobart College. He was connected for some time with the Cleveland Tube Works. In 1876, he became maste ...

, American teacher *

John Coit Spooner John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907. A Republican, by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans ...

, senator from Wisconsin *

Joshua Coit Joshua Coit (October 7, 1758 – September 5, 1798) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut. Early life and career Coit was born in New London in the Connecticut C ...

: American lawyer and politician *

Judson B. Coit Observatory Judson B. Coit Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Boston University on the roof of the College of Arts & Sciences at 725 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The observatory is used in undergraduate an ...

, the astronomical observatory of the Boston University *

Lillie Hitchcock Coit Lillie (Elizabeth) Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 – July 22, 1929) was a patron of San Francisco's volunteer firefighters and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco. Life Born in West Point, New York, in 1843, ...

, firefighter and eccentric *

Madelin Coit Madelin Coit is an American multi-disciplinary artist whose career began in the 1970s. In her work, Coit has produced numerous series across media, including sprayed-oil paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, installation, video projection, writi ...

, American multi-media artist *

Moses Coit Tyler Moses Coit Tyler (August 2, 1835 – December 28, 1900) was an American author and professor of American history. Biography He was born Moses Tyler in Griswold, Connecticut. At an early age he removed with his parents to Detroit, Michigan. He en ...

, American author *

Stanton Coit Stanton may refer to: Places United Kingdom ;Populated places * Stanton, Derbyshire Newhall is a suburban settlement located in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, England. As of the 2011 census it had a population of 776. The village of Stant ...

, writer on ethics

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Coit Tower Coit Tower is a tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, offering panoramic views over the city and the bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's b ...

, landmark in San Francisco *

Battle of Cat Coit Celidon ''The History of the Britons'' ( la, Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of the indigenous British ( Brittonic) people that was written around 828 and survives in numerous recensions that date from after the 11th century. The ''Historia B ...

, a battle in Arthurian legends *

English profanity Profanity, also known as cursing, cussing, swearing, bad language, foul language, obscenities, expletives or vulgarism, is a socially offensive use of language. Accordingly, profanity is language use that is sometimes deemed impolite, rud ...

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