The Biographical Dictionary of America/Abbott, Samuel Appleton Brown

ABBOTT, Samuel Appleton Brown, lawyer, was born in Lowell, Mass., March 6, 1846; son of Josiah Gardner (q.v.) and Caroline (Livermore) Abbott. He was educated at the Boston Latin school, and was graduated at Harvard, A.B., 1866, A.M., 1869. He studied law, 1866-68; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and engaged in practice in Boston. He served as a member of the Boston board of license commissioners in 1877, as a trustee of the Boston public library, 1879-88, and as president of the board, 1888-95. He was a member of the examining committee in 1880 and 1894; and acting librarian for several years. He took charge of the American College of Architecture at Rome, Italy in 1897. He was married in 1869, to Mary Goddard, in 1873 to Abby F. Woods, and in 1897 to Maria Dexter.