Background
Cabot, William Brooks was born on February 2, 1858 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Norman F. and Lucy T. (Brooks) Cabot.
Cabot, William Brooks was born on February 2, 1858 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Norman F. and Lucy T. (Brooks) Cabot.
Student Sheffield Scientific School (Yale). Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1881.
Began in civil engineering department United Presbyterian Railway, in the West, later in iron manufacturing, Everett, Pennsylvania. Vice president Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Boston and New York, 1895-1907.
Member American Antiquarian Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Geography Society (London). Clubs: Explorers’, Boone and Crockett (New York).
Married Elisabeth Lyman Parker, May 29, 1886.