William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge
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William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge or Coolidge, W. A. B. (August 28, 1850 - May 8, 1926) was a British historian, theologist, and mountaineer.
Coolidge was born in New York as the son of Frederic William Skinner, a Boston merchant, and Elisabeth Neville nee Brevoort of the Netherlands.
Coolidge studied history and law at Saint Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, at the Elizabeth College on Guernsey, and at Exeter College in Oxford.
In 1875 he became a Fellow of the Magdalen College in Oxford. From 1880 to 1881 he was professor for British history at the Saint David's College in Lampeter.
In 1883 he became a priest of the anglican church.
Coolidge started mountaineering, in the alps of Switzerland, France, and Italy.
In 1885 he moved to Grindelwald, Switzerland, where he died in 1926.
[edit] References
- Ronald W. Clark: An Eccentric in The Alps: The story of WAB Coolidge, the great Victorian Mountaineer. Museum Press, London 1959
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| NAME | Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coolidge, W. A. B. |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British historian, theologist, and mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1926 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Grindelwald, Switzerland |
