William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (/ˈkuːlɪdʒ/; August 28, 1850 – May 8, 1926) was an Americanhistorian,theologian andmountaineer.
William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge was born inNew York City in 1850 as the son of Frederic William Skinner Coolidge, aBostonmerchant, and Elisabeth Neville Brevoort, sister ofJames Carson Brevoort andMeta Brevoort. Coolidge studied history and law atSt. Paul's School inConcord, New Hampshire, atElizabeth College, Guernsey, and atExeter College, Oxford. In 1870 at the age of twenty he was made a member of theAlpine Club (UK).
In 1875, he became a Fellow ofMagdalen College, Oxford. From 1880 to 1881 he was professor of British history atSaint David's College inLampeter. In 1883, age 33, he became a priest of theAnglican church.
Coolidge became one of the great figures of the so-calledsilver age of alpinism, makingfirst ascents of the few significant peaks in theAlps that had not been climbed during thegolden age of alpinism. On many of these climbs he was accompanied by his aunt,Meta Brevoort, and a pet dog,Tschingel, given to him by one of his guides, Christian Almer.
In 1885, at age 35 he moved toGrindelwald, Switzerland, where he died in 1926, age 76.
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