The Boston Brahmins, or Boston elite, are members of Boston's historic upper class. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were...
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Mid-Atlantic accent (redirect from The Boston Brahmin accent)
individuals described as having a cultivated New England accent or "Boston Brahmin accent" include Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Charles Eliot Norton, Samuel...
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found in the Fallout video game series Boston Brahmin, a term often used to refer to the oldest families in Boston in Massachusetts, USA Brahm (disambiguation)...
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Eastern New England English (redirect from Boston brahmin accent)
subsets include Boston accents, Maine accents, and a cultivated or elite accent, sometimes known as a "Boston Brahmin accent" within Boston, that was associated...
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Northern American English (redirect from Boston Brahmin accent)
cultivated or elite Northeastern U.S. accent, sometimes known as a "Boston Brahmin accent" in Boston, was once associated with members of upper-class Northeastern...
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Cabot family (category People from Boston)
The Cabot family is one of the Boston Brahmin families, also known as the "first families of Boston". The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John...
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strongest bulwarks of Brahmin power was Harvard University. Statistics underscore the close relationship between Harvard and Boston's upper strata. C. Holloran...
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among the families who make up the "Boston Brahmins", also known as the "first families of Boston". The Boston Brahmin Lodge family are closely related with...
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Numbers of the most wealthy and affluent American families, such as Boston Brahmin, Old Philadelphians, Tidewater, and Lowcountry gentry or old money,...
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20th century. Based in eastern Massachusetts, they formed part of the Boston Brahmin community. The family traces to Henry Adams of Barton St David, Somerset...
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Numbers of the most wealthy and affluent American families, such as Boston Brahmin, First Families of Virginia, Old Philadelphians, Tidewater, and Lowcountry...
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Saltonstall family (category Boston Brahmins)
The Saltonstall family is a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, notable for having had a family member attend Harvard University...
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Knickerbocker, was a byword for a New York patrician, comparable to a "Boston Brahmin". The Knickerbocker Club was founded in 1871 by members of the Union...
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long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to...
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Lowell family (category Boston Brahmins)
one of the Boston Brahmin families of New England, known for both intellectual and commercial achievements. The family had emigrated to Boston from England...
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where she owned a shop. Cabot claims to be related to the prominent Boston Brahmin Cabot family. Laurie Cabot was born Mercedes Elizabeth Kiersey. She...
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conventional social, political, and economic principles of a society Boston Brahmins – Upper class BostoniansPages displaying short descriptions of redirect...
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Lawrence family (or Lawrance family) is a Boston Brahmin family, also known as the "first families" of Boston, who arrived in Watertown, Massachusetts...
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American electrical engineering pioneer George Parkman (1790–1849), Boston Brahmin, the victim in the Parkman–Webster murder case Håkan Parkman (1955–1988)...
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family is one of the components of the Boston Brahmins—a wealthy extended American family long prominent in Boston, Massachusetts. The family's fortune...
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Crowninshield family (section Brahmin life)
the 17th century. The family is one of several known collectively as Boston Brahmins, a reference to old wealthy New England families of British Protestant...
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politics and society became dominated by a financial elite known as the Boston Brahmins. This entrenched power base squared off against the political challenge...
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The Thayer family is an American Boston Brahmin family. They are descended from early settlers and brothers Thomas Thayer (1596–1665) and Richard Thayer...
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Forbes, president of the Bell Telephone Company, who was part of the Boston Brahmin family that made its fortune trading in China, and wife Edith Emerson...
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Massachusetts. Founded in 1901 to educate the children of wealthy Boston Brahmin families, Middlesex introduced a national scholarship program in 1935...
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(surname), including a list of people with the surname Dana family, a Boston Brahmin family James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), scientist, zoological author abbreviation...
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him, a so-called "Brahmin" social class (in reference to the Brahmin class of India's caste system and the American Boston Brahmin) dominates American...
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Otis family (category People from Greater Boston)
The Otis family is a Boston Brahmin family from Massachusetts best known for its involvement in early American politics. The family was originally landowning...
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Cabot, Cabot & Forbes (category Companies based in Boston)
Alewife, Massachusetts. It was founded by Francis Murray Forbes of the Boston Brahmin Forbes family in 1897 as a real estate management firm. Jay Doherty...
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Robert Lowell (category Writers from Boston)
1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His family...
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