Ernest F. Coe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest F. Coe

American conservationist

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1866

Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1951

Profession: botanist, landscape architect, conservationist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ernest "Tom" Coe (March 21, 1866 – January 1, 1951) was an American landscape designer who envisioned a national park dedicated to the preservation of the Everglades, culminating in the establishment of Everglades National Park.
Coe was born and spent most of his life in Connecticut as a professional gardener, moving to Miami at age 60.
He was enormously impressed with the Everglades and became one of several South Florida-based naturalists who grew concerned for the wanton destruction of plants, animals, and natural water flow in the name of progress and prosperity.
Coe worked for more than 20 years to get Everglades National Park established, but he viewed the effort as mostly a failure.
However, Oscar L.
Chapman, former Secretary of the Interior, stated "Ernest Coe's many years of effective and unselfish efforts to save the Everglades earned him a place among the immortals of the National Park movement."