Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919
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Higginson, Henry Lee
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Henry Lee Higginson
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Henry Lee Higginson
Higginson, Henry Lee, -1919.
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Henry L. Higginson.
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Higginson was a Boston banker and philantropist; he donated Soldiers Field and Harvard Union to Harvard University.
Higginson was a Boston banker and philanthropist. Higginson attended Harvard (1851-1852), but left because of poor eyesight. In 1856 he went to Vienna intending to make music his life work, but he returned to Boston in 1860. He attained the rank of major in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1868 Higginson joined the family banking firm of Lee, Higginson and Company. He was the principal figure in the creation of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1881) and was its chief benefactor for the rest of his life. His gifts to Harvard include Soldiers Field and the Harvard Union.
Henry Lee Higginson was a Boston banker, philanthropist, Civil War soldier, and the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Henry Lee Higginson, banker, philanthropist, Fellow of Harvard College (1893-1919), and member of the Executive Council of Radcliffe College (1882-1904).
Banker and philanthropist of Boston. Higginson attended Harvard (1851-1852), but left because of poor eyesight. In 1856 he went to Vienna intending to make music his life work, but he returned to Boston in 1860. He attained the rank of major in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1868 Higginson joined the family banking firm of Lee, Higginson and Company. He was the principal figure in the creation of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1881) and was its chief benefactor for the rest of his life. His gifts to Harvard include Soldiers Field and the Harvard Union.
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