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    Henry Lee Higginson (November 18, 1834 – November 14, 1919) was an American businessman best known as the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and...
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  • and Crimean War hero Harry Pasley Higginson (1838-1900), a British and New Zealand civil engineer Henry Lee Higginson (1834–1919), American businessman...
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  • 1853. Higginson's son, Henry Lee Higginson, joined the firm as a partner in 1868. In September 1900, George Cabot Lee Jr., grandson of John Clarke Lee, joined...
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    grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congress. He was a distant cousin of Henry Lee Higginson, founder of the Boston Symphony...
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  • symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, the BSO performs most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony...
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    the year, more than 1,200 members had joined. The first president, Henry Lee Higginson, was also the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1909,...
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    politician who co-founded the prominent stock brokerage firm of Lee, Higginson & Co. Lee was born on April 9, 1804, at Tremont Place in Boston, Massachusetts...
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    Chamberlain and built in 1905-06 for Alexander Henry Higginson. It was paid for by Higginson's father, Henry Lee Higginson. It was part of a much larger gentleman's...
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    at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. BSO founder Henry Lee Higginson commissioned architectural firm McKim, Mead and White to create a...
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  • Delano Jr. Raymond Emerson Howqua John Cleve Green Norman Wait Harris Henry Lee Higginson Gardiner Greene Hubbard James Frederick Joy Thomas Lauderdale Charles...
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