Boston
- Names
Boston
Old Boston
Shawnnut
Totant
Tremont
Trimountain
"Beantown"
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Charles river; site of key pre-Revolutionary War events, Boston Massacre 1770 & Boston Tea Party 1773; expanded with textile mills, shipbuilding & trade 18th-19th cen.; noted for Faneuil Hall (1742-1805) & Paul Revere House (1680).
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Boston online, (1995-2001); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Jonathan Borofsky (American, born 1942)
David Bowes (American, born 1957)
William Clift (American, born 1944)
Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, born United States, 1882-1966)
Paul D'Amato (American, born 1956)
Rob Evans (American, born 1959)
Aaron Fink (American, born 1955)
William Giles (American, born 1934)
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)
Stella Johnson (American, born 1953)
Fay Jones (American, born 1936)
Jack Levine (American, 1915-2010)
Conrad Marca-Relli (American, 1913-2000)
- Active
Patrick Anderson (American, active 20th century)
Mark Andres (American, born 1959)
Caleb Beal (American, 1746-1801)
Catherine Bowen (American, active 20th century)
Henry Horenstein (American, born 1947)
John Andrew & Son (American, established 1869)
- Died
Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002)
