Boston Brahmin
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The Boston Brahmins or New England Brahmin are members of Boston's historic upper class. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were often associated with a cultivated New Engla
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., who coined the phrase "Boston Brahmin" in a January 1860 article he wrote for The Atlantic Monthly
The typical dress of the Boston elite, c. 1816–1817
Beacon Hill, a preeminent neighborhood for Boston Brahmin near the Massachusetts State House in Boston
Samuel Adams, American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and Founding Father of the United States
T. S. Eliot
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Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure of modernist poetry in the English language where he altered the art through his use of pessimistic language, writing
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…Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), author. T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright, and literary critic. Emerson Family…
Eliot in 1934
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, passport photograph from 1920
A plaque at SOAS's Faber Building, 24 Russell Square, London
The Faber & Faber building where Eliot worked from 1925 to 1965; the commemorative plaque is under the right-hand arch.