Samuel Eliot (December 22 1821-September 14 1898) was a historian, educator, and public-minded citizen of Boston, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. Eliot was born in Boston, the son of William Havard Eliot (1796 - 1831) and Margaret Boies (Bradford) Eliot. His father built the Tremont House, participated in the musical life of the city, had variants of his names including Hayward, Harvard, Havard, Howard, and Elliott, … Wikipedia
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