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| Born | (1834-01-26)January 26, 1834 Beverly,Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 30, 1927(1927-05-30) (aged 93) Cambridge,Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927) was a lawyer and railroad executive, active inBoston andMilwaukee.
Abbot was born inBeverly, Massachusetts on January 26, 1834.[1] His relatives included brotherHenry Larcom Abbot and nephewFrederic Vaughan Abbot.[2][3] He was educated atHarvard University (BA 1855, AM 1858, and LL.D. 1861), and practiced law in Boston from 1862–76.[4] During this time, he served as an attorney for theAlabama Claims, a series of claims fordamages by the United States government against the government of Great Britain for the assistance given to theConfederate cause during theAmerican Civil War. In 1873, Abbot was named general solicitor and a director of theWisconsin Central Railway. He moved toMilwaukee in 1876 and subsequently became the railway's president, in which role he served until 1890. He was also a director of theNorthern Pacific Railway. He was elected Associate Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1924.[5]
He died at his home inCambridge, Massachusetts on May 30, 1927.[6]
His mansion in Cambridge, built in 1889, theEdwin Abbot House, is now part of theLongy School of Music.
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