Dr. Samuel Cabot (1815-1885)

Physician, Surgeon, and Ornithologist, of Boston, Massachusetts

His father, Samuel Cabot, and his grandfather, Thomas Handasyd Perkins, were two of the wealthiest men in 19th-century Boston. He counted among his brothers the lawyer, philosopher, and author James Elliot Cabot and the architect and artist Edward Clarke Cabot.
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 15/05/2021 and last updated on 05/03/2023.