Background
Bolton, Charles Knowles was born on November 14, 1867 in Cleveland. Son of Charles Edward and Sarah (Knowles) Bolton.
Bolton, Charles Knowles was born on November 14, 1867 in Cleveland. Son of Charles Edward and Sarah (Knowles) Bolton.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard.
Assistant Harvard Library, 1890-1893. Librarian, Brookline, 1894-1898, Boston Athenaeum Library, 1898-1933. Instructor, associate professor Simmons College Works Progress Administration supervisor survey of early American portraits in New England and New York, 1935-1936.
Trustee Museum Fine Arts, 1917-1933, Fitchburg History Society, 1942-1944.
Member American Antiquarian Society, Massachusetts History Society, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Navy History Foundation, American Institute of Heraldry (honorary), Lantern League, Incorporated. (president), Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (vice president), Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities (past president), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary).
Married Ethel Stanwood, June 23, 1897. Children: Stanwood Knowles, Geoffrey.