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Boston Latin School

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Oldest public school in the United States.

Location:
Boston, MA

Founding Date:
23-Apr-1635

Enrollment:
2400

Official Website:
http://www.bls.org/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Francis Adams
Diplomat
18-Aug-1807 21-Nov-1886 US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68
Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
Business
27-May-1835 20-May-1915 President of Union Pacific, 1884-90
Orson Bean
Actor
22-Jul-1928   Anatomy of a Murder
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Charles Bulfinch
Architect
8-Aug-1763 15-Apr-1844 Architect of the U.S. Capitol
James Freeman Clarke
Religion
4-Apr-1810 8-Jun-1888 Ten Great Religions
Richard A. Clarke
Government
1951   Former US counter-terrorism czar
John Henry Cutler
Publisher
10-Jun-1910 16-Sep-1998 Duxbury Clipper
Paul A. Dever
Politician
15-Jan-1903 11-Apr-1958 Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53
William M. Evarts
Politician
6-Feb-1818 28-Feb-1901 US Secretary of State, 1877-81
Arthur Fiedler
Conductor
17-Dec-1894 10-Jul-1979 Conductor of the Boston Pops
John F. Fitzgerald
Politician
11-Feb-1863 2-Oct-1950 Twice Mayor of Boston
Robert Grant
Novelist
24-Jan-1852 19-May-1940 Unleavened Bread
Nat Hentoff
Critic
10-Jun-1925   The Jazz Life
Joseph P. Kennedy
Business
6-Sep-1888 18-Nov-1969 Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan
John King
Journalist
30-Aug-1963   CNN Chief National Correspondent
Samuel P. Langley
Astronomer
22-Aug-1834 2-Feb-1906 Heavier-than-air flying machine
Howard Lindsay
Playwright
29-Mar-1889 11-Feb-1968 The Sound of Music
Burton Malkiel
Economist
28-Aug-1932   A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Robert J. McCool
Business
c. 1939   Former EVP at Mobil
Wade H. McCree
Judge
3-Jul-1920 30-Aug-1987 US Solicitor General, 1977-81
Edward McGaffigan
Government
8-Dec-1948 2-Sep-2007 NRC Commissioner, 1996-2007
Barry Newman
Actor
7-Nov-1938   Petrocelli
Dexter Perkins
Historian
20-Jun-1889 12-May-1984 The Monroe Doctrine
Sumner Redstone
Business
27-May-1923   Chairman and CEO of Viacom
George Santayana
Philosopher
16-Dec-1863 26-Sep-1952 The Realms of Being
Charles Sumner
Politician
6-Jan-1811 11-Mar-1874 Anti-slavery Senator from Massachusetts
Royall Tyler
Playwright
18-Jul-1757 26-Aug-1826 The Contrast
Andrew J. Viterbi
Engineer
9-Mar-1935   Viterbi Algorithm
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Business
13-Sep-1926   CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92
Theodore H. White
Historian
6-May-1915 15-May-1986 The Making of the President
Justin Winsor
Curator
2-Jan-1831 22-Oct-1897 Librarian of Harvard University

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jacob Bigelow
Botanist
27-Feb-1787 10-Jan-1879 American Medical Botany


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