User:T1dbman/Henry Austin Whitney
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Henry Austin Whitney (October 6, 1826—February 21, 1889) was a wealthy Bostonian.
He lived in a house at 54 Boylston Street from 1852 to 1886. Then he built a new house at 261 Marlborough Street, where he lived until he died. He also owned and spent summers at Brush Hill in Milton, Massachusetts.[1]
He graduated from Harvard in 1846. He first worked in the mercantile business. His later worked at his father's firm which manufactured men's boots. He served as the president of the Suffolk National Bank from 1874 through 1876. He then served as the president of Boston and Providence Railroad from 1876 to 1889. He was also a trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
His grandson was George Minot, who won a Nobel Prize in Medicine.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Whitney, Joseph Cutler (1891). "Henry Austin Whitney: A Memoir". publisher not identified.
- ^ "George Minot birth through high school - Treating Diabetes". Treating Diabetes. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
Category:1826 births Category:1889 deaths Category:People from Boston Category:Harvard University alumni