Background
Lodge was born in Boston. His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, a politician. His mother was Anna Cabot Mills Davis.
Lodge was born in Boston. His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, a politician. His mother was Anna Cabot Mills Davis.
Harvard University.
He was named after his great-great-grandfather, senator George Cabot. Lodge began studies at Harvard College, and continued them in France and Berlin into his mid-twenties. In 1897, Lodge began work as a secretary to both his father and a United States. Senate committee in Washington.
He later served successfully in the Spanish–American War as a naval cadet.
His style and artistic outlook were deeply affected by the pessimism of Schopenhauer and Giacomo Leopardi, as well as French influences including Baudelaire and Leconte de Lisle.
At Harvard, he was a member of the Harvard Polo Club.