John Rowe

male, deceased (1787)
exeter, From Boston, English, boston tea party, MassachusettsHistoricalSociety, Rowes Wharf
John Rowe was a property developer and merchant in 18th century Boston, Massachusetts. As a merchant, John Rowe's most famous cargo was the tea...
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

male, deceased (1882)
poet, Transcendentalism, Western mystic, vegetarian, Essayist, LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS 1876…from Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from Massachusetts, Massachusetts writer, Unitarian Universalist Historical Society, MassachusettsHistoricalSociety
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century.

John Davis

male, deceased (1847)
United States Comptroller of the Currency, embargo, United States District Court judge, new england, jurist, United States Attorney…Massachusetts House of Representatives, MassachusettsHistoricalSociety, from Plymouth County, Massachusetts, district of Massachusetts
John Davis, American jurist (b. January 25, 1761, Plymouth, Massachusetts - d. January 14 1847, Boston, Massachusetts), first received a private...
William M. Fowler

William M. Fowler

male
William Morgan Fowler, Jr, Northeastern University, Boston alumni, MassachusettsHistoricalSociety, Maritime historian, Naval historian, Historian of the United States…Massachusetts Historic Society
Dr. William Morgan Fowler, Jr. is a professor of history at Northeastern University, Boston and an author. He served as Director of the...

William Hubbard

male, deceased (1704)
Harvard University, from Massachusetts, historian, Harvard University alumni, pastor, new england…MassachusettsHistoricalSociety
William Hubbard (1621-1704) was an American clergyman and historian, born in England. As a child, he was brought by his parents to New England,...

Roger Wolcott

male, deceased (1900)
Harvard University, Harvard Law School, lieutenant governor, Governor's chair, justice of the peace, Massachusetts General Hospital…Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Legislature, MassachusettsHistoricalSociety, Governor of Massachusetts
Roger Wolcott (September 2, 1847 - December 21, 1900) was the son of Joshua Huntington and Cornelia (Frothingham) and brother of Huntington...
George Ripley

George Ripley

male, deceased (1880)
Harvard Divinity School alumni, miracle, Transcendental Club, Associationism, Sophia Dana, Brook Farm…MassachusettsHistoricalSociety
George Ripley (October 3, 1802-July 4,1880) was an American social reformer, Unitarian, and Transcendentalist. He is best remembered as the founder...
James Truslow Adams

James Truslow Adams

male, deceased (1949)
Yale University, general staff, Polytechnic University of New York, MassachusettsHistoricalSociety, Pulitzer Prize for History winner, Paris Peace Conference…American Historical Association, american philosophical society, american antiquarian society
James Truslow Adams was an American writer and historian. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Adams took his bachelor's degree from the Polytechnic...
Barrett Wendell

Barrett Wendell

male, deceased (1921)
William Shakspere, Columbia University, Academic, strasbourg, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard…MassachusettsHistoricalSociety
Barrett Wendell was an American academic known for a series of textbooks including "English Composition," studies of "Cotton Mather" and "William...