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The Boston Brahmins, or Boston elite, are members of Boston's historic upper class. [1] From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were often associated with a cultivated New England accent , [ 2 ] Harvard University , [ 3 ] Anglicanism , [ 4 ] and traditional British-American customs and clothing.
He was born in Boston, the son of the businessman Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., of the Old Colony Trust Co. and the United Fruit Company, and grandson of T. Jefferson Coolidge. [1] [2] [3] His mother Clara Gardner Amory was the daughter of the industrialist and company director Charles W. Amory. [4] He was one of four sons in the family. [5]
It is a center of Boston Brahmin families - New England's upper class - and is known as one of the big four clubs in the country, the other three being the Knickerbocker Club in New York, the Metropolitan Club in Washington D.C, and the Pacific-Union Club in San Francisco. [citation needed] The original club was informal, without a clubhouse.
Constance Crowninshield Coolidge (January 4, 1892 – April 30, 1973), was a Boston Brahmin (a member of Boston's upper society), socialite, heiress and a long-term American expatriate living in Paris. [1]
Stained-glass artist Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) was an instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting in Boston. [ 5 ] Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee was the executive editor of The Washington Post during the publication of the Pentagon Papers and played a pivotal role in the newspaper's coverage of the Watergate ...
Beacon Hill, Boston: a preeminent Boston Brahmin neighborhood. [73] View of Manhattan's Upper East Side, which has traditionally been dominated by WASP families [74] [75] The Boston Brahmins, who were regarded as the nation's social and cultural elites, were often associated with the American upper class, Harvard University, [76] and the ...
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Pages in category "Boston Brahmins" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Boston Brahmin; D.