Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 34

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YBRANDT, Henry L., manufacturer; b. Austria, Dec. 31, 1889; s. Morris Brandt and Gussle B .; ed. high sch., N.Y .; m. Ceil Rosing of Far Rockaway, L.I., Mar. 4, 1923; 1 son-Martin B. Came to U.S., 1900; apprentice with Roscoe Co., N.Y., with them 10 yrs .; founded Champlon Lamp Co., 1920, Am. Illuminating Co., 1922; consolidated both with Joseph Pollak Corp., 1927; v.p. Joseph Pollak Corp .; v.p. Aetna Motor Prod. Co .; served with 101st Field Artillery, U.S.A., 1918-19; dlr. Cam- bridge Clothes, Inc .; mem. Masons, Citizens'


Lodge 628 (N.Y.). Travel: Europe, continental tour of North America. Jewish. Independent. Office: 81 Freeport St., Dorchester. Home: 33 Egremont Road, Boston.


BRANIGAN, William Henry, elergyman; b. So. Bos- ton, May 22, 1859; s. Thomas A. Branigan and Ann Maria (Ferguson) B .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; B.D., Harvard Dlv. Sch .; m. Eunice B. Wes- ton of Duxbury, Nov. 18, 1896; 1 son-Arthur Thomas. Minister at East Lexington, Duxbury, Dorchester, Peterborough (N.H.), Wayland; mem., Boston Y.M.C.U., Twentieth Century Assu., Am. Unitarian Assn. Unitarlan. Home: 124 Kemper St., Wollaston.


BRASLAVSKY, Solomon Gregory, musical director; b. Kaligorka, Russia, Apr. 24, 1887; s. Hersh Braslavsky and Etti Sarah (Berlin) B .; ed. grad. (composition) Royal Imperial Acad. of Music, Vienna, Aus .; attended Unlv. Vienna; m. Augusta Iluteraner of Uman, Rus., July 1910; 1 dau .- Olga. Guest conductor of Vienna Symphony Or- chestra, 1917-25; prof. music, Teachers Coll., Jew- Ish Theol. Sem., Conservatory, States Acad., etc .. 1921-28; settled In Boston 1928; many concerts of Symphonies and Oratorios at Symphony and Jordan Halls, Boston; started Braslavsky music studlo for piano, singing, harmony and composi- tion; also lectured on music; mem. Music Lovers Club of Boston, musical dir. of the Temple Mish- kan Teflla, Roxbury, lecturer on Jewish music at the Boston Pub. Lib., 1930 -. Jewish. Office: 122 Elm Hill Av., Roxbury, and 476 Boylston St., Boston. Ilome: 278 liumbolt Av., Roxbury.


Y BRAY, Charles W., real estate and insurance agent; b. Chicopee Falls, Aug. 27, 1879; s. George W. Bray and Anna it. (Clark) B .; ed. Chicopee Falls high sch .; m. Grace E. Harlow of Northampton, Sept. 14, 1910; children-Lois E., Dorothy II. Clk., bookkeeper, grocery store, 1899-1916; real estate and ins. agt., 1916-38; county commr., 1920- -; dir. Cabot Trust; tr. Chicopee Falls Sav. Bk .; sec., treas., Housing Corp .; v.p. Chamber of Com- merce; chin. Mt. Tom State Reservation Com .; dir. Hampden Co. Ald Agr .; chmn. Liberty Loan drives, Hampden Co., World War; mem. Elks, Masons, Royal Areanum. Clubs: Highland Social (Holyoke) E. Longmeadow, Chicopee Rod & Gun, Kiwanis (Chicopee Falls). Protestant. Repubii- can. Ollice: 71 Main St., Chicopee Falls. Home: 10 Summer St., Chicopee Falls.


BRAY, Everett N., manufacturer; b. Boston, Aug. 9, 1886; s. Mellen N. Bray and Alice Louise (San- born) B .; ed. Noble and Greenough Sch., 1901-05; A.B., Harvard, 1909; m. Esther Ela Clapp of Ded- ham, Mar. 30, 1910; children-Everett Newton (d.), Phillp Vaughan, Ruth Emerson. Factory student, 1910; v.p. and dir., Tubular Rivet & Stud Co. Club: Harvard (Boston). Republican. Oflice: Linden St., Wollaston. Home: 9 Regent Circle, Brookline.


YBRAYTON, John Summerfield, banker; b. Fall River, Dec. 6, 1895; s. John Summerfield Brayton and Jessie F. (Flint) B .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; Naval Acad., Annapolis, 1917; A.B., Williams Coll., 1917; in. Helen Gifford of Fall River, Nov. 9, 1919; children-Prisellla G., John S., Dorothy, Robert G. Began as bank clk. with B.M.C. Durfee Trust Co., 1920, pres. 1933 -; It. U.S. Navy during World War; tr. Bradford Durfee Textlle Sch. (Fall River), Union Hosp., Inc .; mem, Chl Psl. Congre- gationalist. Office: 80 North Main St., Fall River. Home: 584 Highland Av,, Fall River.


Y BRECK, Anther Adams, seedsman; b. Newton, Jan. 9, 1899; s. Charles Ilenry Breck and Agnes (Ad- ams) B .; ed. Volkmann Sch., Boston; student, Har- vard 1908-11; m. Marguerite Reeves Jones of Rox- bury, June 1911; 1 son-Luther Adams. Spent 212 yrs. in Europe studying seed business, 1911- 13; became v.p. Joseph Breck & Sons Corp., 1914, pres., 1922 -. Office: 85 State St., Boston. Ilome: 23 T. Wharf.


Y BREED, Charles Blaney, professor of transporta- tion; b. Lynn, Nov. 28, 1875; s. Charles Otis Breed and Sarah (Guilford) B .; ed. Lynn Class. high sch .; S.B. (civil engring.), M.I.T., 1897; m. Carrie


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B. Wentworth of Lynn, Mar. 10, 1898; 1 son- Charles Alfred; m. (2nd) Elsa E. Hill of Lynn, Junc 5, 1922; children-David Edson, Nancy El- eanor. Consultant on ry. and highway transpor- tation to several Am. and Can, rys., State High- way Depts., and municipalities; prof., ry. and highway transportation, M.I.T., 1906 -; head of dept. civil engring., 1934 -; tr. Lynn Five Cents Sav. Bk .; formerly pres. Back Bay Nat. Bk .; prcs., Academic Bd., Sch. Aeronauties, U.S.A., at M.I.T., Cambridge, 1 yr. during World War; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Inst. Can. Engrs,, Boston Soc. C.E. (past pres. ), Am. Road Bldrs. Assn., Mass. High- way Assn., Am. Ry. Engring. Assn., Soc. Promo- tion Engring. Edn., Permanent Internat. Assu. Road Congresses. Clubs: N.E. Railroad (past pres.), Boston City (past pres.). Author: (with George L. Hosmer) Principles and Practice of Surveying (2 vols.); many reports on transporta- tion problems of U.S. and Can .; asso. ed., Am. Civil Engineers' Pocketbook; Am. Mining Engi- necrs' llandbook. Desc. Allen Breed, who landed with Gov. Winthrop in Salem, 1630, a founder of Lynn, and of Stonington (Conn.). Methodist. Republican. Office: Mass. Institute of Technol- ogy, Cambridge. llone: 32 llarvard St., Newton- ville. Summer res .: Camden, Me.


VBREED, Edward F., investment counsel; b. Lynn, Feb. 22, 1883; s. Henry Wilbour Brecd and Lll- lian Gertrude (Martin) B .; cd. A.B., Harvard, 1903; m. Celia Allen Kimball, of Swampscott, Jan. 16, 1912; children-Robert Wilbour, John Brew- ster, Sylvia. In employ E. Naumburg & Co., com- mercial paper, N.Y. City, 1903-08; with Ilenry Breed & Co., heavy leather business, Lynn, 1908- 27; with Loomis Sayles & Co. Ine., investment counsel, Boston, 1927-, v.p. 1933 -. Clubs: Har- vard, Whiting (Lynn) ; Tedesco Country (Swamps- cott). Universalist. Ollice: 140 Federal St., Bos- ton. Ilome: 16 Palmer Av,, Swampscott.


VBREED, Nathaniel Pope, physician; b. Lynn, Feb. 18, 1874; s. Dr. Bowman Bigelow Breed and Han- nah Putnam (Pope) B .; ed. Lynn high sch., Class. course; A.B., Harvard, 1898; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1901; m. Ellie Young Thomson of Lynn, June 21, 1904 (d. 1934); children-Dorothea, Na- thaniel Preston, Robert Thomson; m. (2nd) Mabcl Ladds Penny of Stewart Manor, Long Island, N.Y., 1936. Practiced med. Lynn, 1901 -; surgeon, Lynn 'Hosp., many yrs., retiring 1937; med. ex- aminer, Essex Co., 9th Dist., 1919 -; mem. Lynn sch. com., 6 yrs. (pres. several yrs.); major M.C., U.S.A., commanding officer, Field Hosp. 303, San. Train 301; lt. col. Med. Res. Corps; served 2 yrs., overscas 1 yr .; fellow A.C.S .; mem., S.A.R., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Lynn Med. Frat., Mass. Medico- Legal Soc. (pres. 1936-37, 1937-38), Lynn Ilst. Soc. Clubs: Harvard, Lynn, Whiting (Lynn). Gt.g.s. Francis Moore, who helped at Boston Tea Party undisguised. Protestant. Republican. Office and home: 9 Washington Sq., Lynn. Summer res .: "The Knoll," North Sutton, N.Il.


V BREED, William Bradley, physician; b. Syracusc, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1893; s. William Bradley Breed and Gertrude (Stephens) B .; ed. Hackley Sch., Tarry- town, N.Y .; A.B., llarvard, 1915; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1920; m. Ruth 1. Williams of Dedham, Oct. 1, 1925; children-Elizabeth, Sylvia, William B. Interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp .; practleed internai med., Boston, 1922 -; physician at Mass. Gen. Hosp .; asso. in med., Harvard Med. Sch .; pvt. U.S.A., World War; inactive service, assigned to med. sch. and hosp .; fellow A.M.A., A.C.P. (Gov. for Mass.); mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Breed Family Assn. (Lynn). Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Tavern. Author: med. papers. Protestant. Republican. Office: 264 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 321 Ham- mond St., Chestnut Ilill.


VBREMER, John Lewis, professor; b. New York City, Nov. 3, 1874; g. John Lewis Bremer and Mary Rice (Farnsworth) B .; ed. private schs,, Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1896; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1901; Ballfol Coll., Oxford, 1897; m. Mary C. Blgelow of Cohasset, 1906. Teaching, research in embryol- ogy and histology; major, Brit. Expeditionary Force, Base Hosp. #22, winter 1915-16; Amn. Red


Cross, London, 1918; mem., Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Am. Assn. Anatomists, Royal Micro- seopical Soc. (London). Clubs: Somerset, Country (Brookline). Author: Text Book of Histology, many scientific articles in Am. Journal of Anat- omy, Anatomical Record (former editor); chap. on Med. Sch., Morrison's Hist. of Harvard Univ. Travel: Siberia, Korca, Jap., Ceylon, 1902; Guatc- mala, W.I., ctc. Office: Harvard Medleal School, Boston. Honc: 113 Marlborough St., Boston. Summer res .: Cohasset.


BREMER, Theodore Glover, broker; b. Boston, Oct. 6, 1870; s. William M. Bremer and Welthea L. (Malbon) B .; ed. Hopkinson Sch., 1885-88; A.B., Harvard, 1892; m. Eleanor Brooks Almy of Bos- ton, Apr. 22, 1896; children-Alice Gray (Mrs. Charles S. Howard), Eleanor Malbon (Mrs. Fran- cis Parkman), Theodorc Glover, Ir. Began as clk., Nat. Rockland Bk., Boston, 1892; with Wil- son, Larrabee & Co., dry goods jobbers, 1893-95; with Almy & Co., and Almy Bremer & Co., cot- ton brokers, 1895-1907; partner Parker, Wilder & Co., dry goods cominn., 1907-12; William Almy & Co., cotton brokers, 1912-20; retired, 1920; dir. Webster & Atlas Nat. Bk., Thomson Welding Co .; selectman of Brooklinc, 1933-, now chinn .; mem. Elks. Clubs: Harvard, Union (Boston), The Country (Brookline). Unitarian. Republican. Home: 42 Fisher Av., Brookline.


( BRENNAN, James Henry, lawyer; b. Boston, Dec. 21, 1888; s. Thomas Brennan and Margaret (Ward) B .; ed. Charlestown high sch .; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1921; m. Katharine M. Mahoney of Boston, May 28, 1922; children-James Henry Jr., Estelle Marie. Elected to Legislature at 21, State Senate at 23; chmn. Suffolk County Appointment Commn., 1916-17; del. Mass. Constl. Conv .; mem. Gov.'s Council, 1931-32; admitted to Mass. bar, 1922; enlisted IJ.S. Navy 1918; mem, Am. and Boston Bar Assns., . Suffolk Law Alumni (past pres. ), Mass. Law Soc., K.C., Elks, Foresters, Am. Irish Hist. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Smithsonian Inst. Clubs: Charlestown, Charitable Irish, Councillors. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 18 Tremont St., Bos- ton. Home: 38 Arborway, Jamaica Plain. Sum- mer res. : 15 Q St., llull.


BRENNAN, Thomas J., clergyman, hospital super- intendent; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 16, 1891; s. Martin V. Brennan and Mary (O'Rourke) B .; ed. Boston Lat- In sch., 1909; A.B., Boston Coll., 1913; St. John's Fecl. Scm. Served In the inlnistry, Ayer, 1918-21, East Boston, 1921-28, So. Boston, 1928-31; supt., St. Elizabeth's Hosp., Brighton, 1931 -; mcm. exec. bd., Boston Hosp. Council; served as acting post chaplain, Camp Devens, 1918-19; inem. Am, Hosp. Assn., Nat. Cath. Ilosp. Assn. Club: Super- intendents (Boston Ilosps.). Desc. Martin V. Brennan, father, pioncer and contant worker for labor cause in Mass. railroad circles. Roman Catholic. Independent. Office: St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 736 Cambridge St., Brighton. Home: 80 Woodlawn St., Jamalea Plain.


BRESNAHAN, William Henry, business executive; b. Lynn, Oct. 26, 1887; s. Maurice V. Bresnahan and Mary (Shechan) B .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1909; in. Mary E. Thompson of Lynn, Oct. 28, 1914. Worked with Bresnahan Shoe Machinery Co., 1909-17; began infg. Ladies Novelty Shoe un- der name of Bresnahan-Mclaughlin, 1919; con- tinued 3 yrs .; opened Bresnahan Shoc Co., Boston, 1922, treas., 1922-32; llquldated bus. 1932; chmn. bd. dirs., Compo Shoe Machinery Corp., 1932 -; Aviation Chlef Ranger, U.S.N.R.F., 15 mos., World War. Clubs: Salem Country, Corinthlan Yacht, Swampscott Yacht, Beach (Swampscott), Boston Madison Garden, Poddock (Suffolk Downs), Shoe (N.Y.), Boot & Shoe (Boston). Travel: Eng. and I''r., every 2 yrs. Roman Catholic. Republican. Office: Compo Shoe Machinery Co., 150 Causeway St., Boston. Home: 145 Puritan Rd., Swampscott. Y BRETT, Afley Leonel, orthopedic surgeon; b. Ilan- over, Aug. 9, 1887; s. Frank Wallace Brett and Annie Josephine (Cumming) B .; ed. Thayer Acad., Braintree: A.B., Brown Univ., 1910; M.D., Har- vard Med. Sch., 1918; m. Sara Elizabeth Robbins of Maine, May 12, 1928; 1 son-Gordon Leonel.


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Orthopedic surgeon Carney Hosp., Orthopedic consultant to Symmes Arlington Hosp., Commu- nity Mem. Hosp. (Ayer), Leominster llosp., Bur- bank Hosp. ( Fitchburg), Metropolitan State llosp. (Waltham), Addison-Gilbert Hosp. (Gloucester), Sisters Hosp. (Waterville, Me.); mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Acad. Orthopaedic Surgeons; fellow A.C.S .; Diplomate Am. Bd. Orthopaedic Surgeons. Clubs: Ilarvard, Algonquin, Brae Burn Country, Boston Orthopaedic. Author: articles "A New Method of Arthodesis of Shoulder Joint Incorporating Control of Scapula" (Jour. of Bone and Jt. Surgery, Oct. 1933), "Operative Correction of Genu Recurvatum" (ibid., Oct. 1935). Republi- can. Officer: 270 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 57 Windemere Rd., Auburndale.


VBRETT, Alden Chase, treasurer Hood Rubber Co .; b. Abington, Nov. 10, 1889; s. William C. Brett and Clara J. (Johnson) B .; ed. B.S., Mass. State Coll., 1912; grad., Bentley Sch. Acounting and Finance, 1924; m. Kathrene S. Blanchard of Abing- ton, Sept. 1, 1915; children-Helen B., Barbara S., Dorothy A., Janice H. With father, William C. Brett, North Abington, retail grain and coal, 1912- 16; field agt. Plymouth County Trust Co., Brock- ton, 1916-18; br. migr. J. Cushing Co., Boston, 1918- 20; with Hood Rubber Co., Inc., Watertown, 1920- -, trcas. and dir. 1929 -; treas. and dir. East Watertown Realty Co .; pres. Arrow Mutual Liability Ins. Co .; dir. Retailers Acceptance Corp .; United Services Co .; Newton Trust Co .; dir. Boston Chamber of Commerce; former pres. Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants; v.p., Controllers Inst., Kappa Sigma. Club: University (Boston, v.p.). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Hood Rubber Co., Inc., 98 Nichols Av., Water- town. Home: 96 Fletcher Road, Belmont.


VBRETT, Chester S., wool dealer; b. Newton, Oct. 18, 1885; s. George Linden Brett and Emma Louise (Snow) B .; ed. Brookline high sch., 1901-05; B.S., Dartmouth Coil., 1909; m. Martha Ganison Stevens of Brookline, Apr. 4, 1914; children-Constance Stevens (Mrs. Derek Armitage Lee), Chester S., Priscilla. With Willett & Co., later Winsiow & Co., 1909-17; with Hartmann Bros., in Pacific De- velopment Co., 1917-21; established wool business, Boston, 1921, pres. and treas. Chester S. Brett, Inc .; mem. Phi Delta Theta, Dragon Senior Soc., Masons. Club: Brae Burn Country. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Office 222 Summer St., Boston. Ilome: 7 Griggs Terrace, Brookline.


BRETT, Harold, artist; b. Middleboro; s. George L. Brett and Emma (Snow) B .; ed. Brookline high sch .; Boston Museum Sch .; Art Students League; Howard Pyle Sch .; m. Edith Elweil. Mag. and book illustrator; portrait painter. Desc. Stephen Hopkins of Mayflower. llome: Chatham, Cape Cod.


V BRITT, Harrie I., banker; b. Portland, Me., Aug. 14, 1870; s. Frank I. Brett and Mary J. (Furbush) B .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Urma Webster of Wilmington, N.C., July 6, 1889; children-Mary Eleanor, Frank W., Ellzabeth. With 1st Nat. Bk., W. Newton, 1887-90; Shoe & Leather Nat. Bk., Boston, 1890- 96; The Nat. Rockland Bk. of Boston, 1896 -- , now dir., v.p., cashier; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce; tr. Mass. Sav. Bk., Boston. Mass. Soc. Mayflower Descs. S.A.R., Bank Officers Assn. (Boston), Assn. Reserve City Bankers, Masons. Clubs: Boston City, Exchange. Congregational- ist. Republican. Office: 30 Congress St., Boston. Home: 83 Fair Oaks Park, Needham.


BREW, John Otis, archaeologist; b. Malden, Mar. 28, 1906; s. M. P. Brew and F. A. (Fryer) B .; ed. Malden high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1928; student Harvard; m. Evelyn Nimmo of Belmont, June 11, 1939. Archaeol. field work, Univ. Chicago Expdn. to Cent. Ill., 1930; with Claflin-Emerson Northeastern Utah Expdn., 1931; dir. Peabody Mus. Southeastern Utah Expdn., 1931-33; mem. Harvard Irish Expan., 1934; dir. Peabody Mus. Awatovi Expdn., 1935-39; asst. in anthropology, Harvard, 1936 -; mem. Nat. Research Council Com. on Basic Needs in Am. Archaeology, Soc. Am. Archaeology, Am. Ethnol. Soc., Northern


Ariz. Soc. Scl. & Art. Club: Harvard Faculty. Office: Peabody Museum, Cambridge. Home:


VBREWER, Basit, newspaper publisher; b. Rush Hiil, ¿ Mo., July 22, 1884; s. Addison Lanius Brewer and Juliet Mitchell (Lanius) B .; ed. Kirksville (Mo.) high sch .; grad. Missouri State Teachers Coll. of Kirksville, Mo., 1901; Univ. of Chicago, 1903-05; m. Jean A. Given of Clinton, la., 1913; children-Giv- en A., Juliet L .; in. (2d) Mary M Caswell of Hunt- ington, Ind., 1920; children-John C., Alice C. With Scripps-Howard newspapers, 1908-21; bus. mgr. Cincinnati Post, 1916-19; bus. mgr. Cieve- land Press, 1919-21; editor and pub. Omaha Bee, 1921-24; pub. and prin. owner Lansing (Mich.) Capital News, 1924-29; pub. and controlling owner New Bedford Standard Times, Mercury, Cape Cod Standard-Times, Hyannis, Mass .; mem. Old Dart- mouth llistorical Society. Clubs: Wamsutta, Country, Lotos (New York). Independent. Oflice: 12 Market St., New Bedford. Home: 89 Hawthorn St., New Bedford. Summer res .: Desbarats, Ont., Canada.


BREWER, Francis A., business man; b. Boston, Dec. 16, 1886; s. David H. Brewer and Jessie (Hender- son) B .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch .; Boston; A.B., llarvard, 1910; m. Mary F. Jenney of Brookline, Mass., Oct. 1911; children-Francis A., Jr., Mrs. Cyrus Brewer, Jeannette. In sales dept., Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass .; 1910-17; mgr., F. A. Brewer Co., Boston, 1919 -; It., U.S.A., 18 mos., 1917-18; men. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), several local golf. Family identified, Coloniai days, with ministry, med., law. Episco- palian. Republican. Office: 212 Summer St., Bos- ton. Home: 132 Carlton St., Brookline. Summer res. : Bass Rocks, Gloucester.


VBREWER, John Marks, professor of cducation; b. Antioch, Calif., Oct. 30, 1877; s. Henry Wells Brew- er and Adeline Deming (Balkam) B .; ed. San Diego (Calif.) high seh .; S.B., Univ. Calif., 1902; A.M., Harvard, 1915, Ph.D., 1916; m. Edith Eliza- beth Gaddis of Santa Rosa, Calif., June 26, 1909. Teacher, industrial sch., San Francisco, 1902-08; high and jr. high schs., Los Angeles, 1908-14; State Normal Sch., Los Angeles, 1917-19; instr. edn., Harvard, 1916-17, 1919-20, asso. prof., 1920 -; mem. City Council, Inglewood, Calif., 1913-14; ednl. dir. S.A.T.C., Los Angeles State Normal Sch., 1918 .; pres., The First Ch. of Christ, Scientist, Bos- ton, 1934-35. Author: Oral English; Vocational Guidance Movement; Occupations; Education as Guldance. Travei: Europe, 1907, 1911, 1926, 1936. Dese. Gen. John Brewer, Gen. in state militia when Me. was still part of Mass. Office: 23 Law- rence Ilall, 1 Kirkland St., Cambridge. Home: 22 Gray Gardens, E., Cambridge.


BREWER, Leighton, author; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 27, 1895; s. George Emerson Brewer and Effie Leigh- ton (Brown) B .; cd. Groton Sch .; B.A., honoris causa, Yalo, 1920; A.M., Harvard, 1928; ni. llelen llamiin of Boston, June 9, 1925; children-George E., III, Robert C. Instr. Eng., Groton Sch., 1921- 23; Studied at Harvard and Columbia, also part of the time in bus., 1923-28; instr. Eng., Harvard, 1928-31; writer, 1931 -; in Am. Ambulance Service, June-Sept. 1915, May-July 1918, 1st lt. 13th Pur- suit Squadron, Air Service, U.S.A., July 1917-Feb. 1919, mentioned in orders 3 times, citation Apr. 19, 1919. Author: Red Hibiscus (narrative poem on Bermuda), 1933; Riders of the Sky (narrative poem on avlation), 1934. Home: Gay St., West- wood.


YBREWER, Robert Du Bois, banker; b. Melrose, Feb. 18, 1881; s. Frank Crocker Brewer and Sarah Mul- ford (Du Bois) B .; ed. B.L., Dartmouth Coll., 1904; 1.1,.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1907; m. Margaretta McCandless, Jan. 6, 1916; children-Robert D., Sarah, Ruth, Anne. Adm. to bar, 1907; began practice at Boston; with Food Administration, Washington, D.C., 1918; again practiced, 1919-21; asst. to treas., Provident Instn. for Sav. in Town of Boston, 1921-24, treas., 1925-29, now tr .; pres. Merchants Nat. Bk., 1929 -; tr. William Under- wood Co .; dir. N.E. Life Ins. Co. Club: Union. Office: 28 State St., Boston. Home: Hingham.


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BREWER, Wilmon, author; b. Hingham, Apr. 1, 1895; s. Francis Willard Brewer and Augusta Caroline (Edwards) B .; ed. Country Day Sch., Newton; A.B., Ilarvard, 1917, A.M., 1920, Ph.D., 1925; m. Katharine Hay More of Hingham, June 21, 1922. Instr. Eng., Ilarvard, 1923-24; writer; lecturer on various lit. subjs. before Am. Poetry Assn, and other lit. soes. for many years; dir. and see. Ifmg- ham Pub. Lib .; enlisted for Inf. service, Camp Upton, N.Y., Jan. 1918; with A.R. F., Apr. 1918-May 1919, 2nd It. July 1918, in action near Amiens, gassed in battle of Argonne-Meuse; mem. Am. Poetry Assn. (pres.), Mass. Audubon Soc., Hing- ham Ilist. Soc., The Sovereign Colonial Soc., Shakespeare Assn. Am., Modern Lang. Assn,, Mil. Order For. Wars. Clubs: Boston Authors (lib.), Boston Classical, London Authors. Author:


Shakespeare's Influence on Sir Walter Scott, 1925; Dante's Eclogues, 1927; Ovid's Metamor- phoses in European Culture, vol. 1, 1933; Sonnets and Sestinas, 1937; contributions in pubis. of Mod- orn Lang. Assn., Early Modern English Dictionary (prepared at Univ. Mich.), Principal Poets of the World (London, 1932), U.S. Anthology (1936), Geographical Dictionary of American Poets (1938), and other anthologies of poetry. Travel: Medi- terranean cruise and Europe, 1928; Hawaiian Is- lands, Alaska, 1930; So. Am. by airplane, 1936; Mex., 1938. Unitarian. Republican. Office and lome: Great Hill, Hingham.


V BREWSTER, Albert Howell, orthopedie surgeon; b. Newman, Ga., Sept. 18, 1892; s. Patrick Henry Brewster and Laura (Leigh) B .; ed. Ga. Mil. Acad., Coll. Park, Ga .; B.A., Univ. Va., 1914; M.D., lohns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1918; m. Elsie Estelle Carter, Nov. 6, 1924; children-Albert Howell, Jr., Nancy. Interne, Peter Bent Brigham Hosp., Boston; prac- ticed orthopedie surgery, Boston, 1922 -; instr. orthopedie surgery, Harvard Med. Sch., 1922 -; surg., Children's Hosp., N.E. Peabody Home for Crippled Children, etc .; 1st It. M.C., U.S.A., with A.B.b. in France 25 mos .; mem. A. M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am, Acad, Orthopedic Surgery, Am. Orthope- die Soc. Clubs: Boston Orthopedic, Harvard (Bos- ton), Harvard Travelers. Methodist. Democrat. Office: 231 Marlborough St., Boston. Home: 14 Concolor Av., Newton. Summer res .: Pemaquid, Me.


V BREWSTER, Edwin Tenney, tencher, author; b. Lawrence, Oct. 11, 1866; s. John Leander Brewster and Ada Augusta (Tenney) B .; ed. Lawrence and Cambridge high schs .; A. B., Harvard, 1890, A.M., 1891; m. Alice Sophia Rollins of West Roxbury, 1893; children-Mrs. Ada Brooks, William Rollins, James Rollins; m. (2d) Lilian Edna Dodge of An- dover, 1912. Tencher, nat. sciences, Phillips Acad., Andover, 1897-1924; wrote, alone or jointly, mag. newspaper articles, books, 1924 -; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Am. Genetics Assn., Rationalist Press Assn., etc. Author: Life and. Letters of Josiah Dwight Whitney; This Puzzling Planet; Creation: A History of Non-Evolutionary Theories; The Understanding of Religion; What Laymen Want; Vocational Guidance for the l'ro- fessions; Swimming: The Nutrition of a House- hold (with Lilian Brewster, R.N.); Natural Won- ders in the Children's Library; A Vocational Reader. Independent. Ilome: Andover.


VBREWSTER, Elisha Hume, lawyer, judge; b. Worth- Ington, Sept. 10, 1871: s. Charles K. Brewster and Cellua S. (Baldwin) B .; ed. Williston Sem. ; LL. B., Boston Univ. Law Sch., 1896; m. Alice M. Thomp- son of Springfield, 1900; m. (2nd) lessie W. Cook of Springfield, 1906; children -- Alice, Harriette, Elizabeth. Practicing atty., Springfield, 1896- 1922; judge, U.S. Dist. Ct., 1922 -; mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Colony (Springfield), Worthington Golf. Author: Mass. Legacy and Succession Tax. Dese. Elder William Brewster. Protestant. Republi- can. Ollice: Room 1633, Federal Bldg., Boston. llome: 143 Freeman St., Brookline, Summer res. : Worthington.


VBRICKLEY, Bartholomew A., lawyer ; b. Boston, May 7. 1883; s. Patrick J. Brickley and Mary T. (Ilayes) B .; ed. Gonzaga Coll., 1902, Georgetown Univ., 1904; m. Mary G. Dolan of Pittsfield, Mass., Nov.


24, 1909; children-Robert D., Charles H., Rich- ard L., Philip E., William D. Practiced law, Bos- ton, 1904 -; mem. Brickley, Sears & Cole, 1913 -. Clubs: Exchange, Algonquin. Catholic. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: 130 Dean Rd., Brook- line. Summer res. : North Seituate.


BRIDGEWATER, John, Jr., merchant; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 10, 1881; s. John Bridgewater and Georgiana (Clark) B .; ed. Channey Hall Sch., 1900; A.B., Williams Coll., 1904; in. Alice M. Dilla- way of Melrose, July 18, 1916; children-Marion Bayard, John. Salesman, J. L. Hammet Co., sch. supplies, 1904-07, 1). C. Heath & Co., text books, 1907-10, J. L., Hammet Co., 1910-30, sales mgr., 1930 --- , now dir .; mem. Theta Delta Chi, Clubs: Algonquin, University (Boston), Williams (New York ). Episcopalian. Republican. Oflice: 290 Main St., Cambridge. llome: 22 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose.




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