Background
Greenough was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Elizabeth (Bender) and David Greenough (1774–1836).
Greenough was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Elizabeth (Bender) and David Greenough (1774–1836).
He was educated at the Boston Latin School, entering in 1829.
Thereafter he divided his time between Europe and America, but spent most of his studio life in Rome. Greenough married Sarah Dana Loring of Boston on September 26, 1846. Greenough died in Rome in 1904.
Today Greenough"s best-known work is probably a statue of Benjamin Franklin standing in front of the Old City Hall (Boston).
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.