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Boylston Prize , a subway station in Boston
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Boylston may refer to the following communities: ;Canada * Boylston, Nova Scotia ;United States * Boylston, Massachusetts * Boylston, New York * Boylston, Wisconsin * Boylston Junction, Wisconsin It may also refer to: * Helen Dore Boylston, author of the popular "Sue Barton" nurse series * Zabdiel Boylston, American physician * Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts * Boylston (MBTA station) Boylston station (also signed as Boylston Street) is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, located on the southeast corner of Boston Common at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street. A s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, Nova Scotia
Boylston is a rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough Guysborough, officially named the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a district municipality in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district. It is home to ... in Guysborough County. There is a provincial park camp-ground in Boylston. Some researchers have asserted that Boylston was visited by Henry Sinclair based on evidence in the Zeno Narrative. References Communities in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia {{GuysboroughNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, Massachusetts
Boylston is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,849 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Boylston was first settled by Europeans around 1706 in the northern part of the present-day town, most notably by the Sawyer family. In 1697, the residents petitioned to form a local town and government, but the British colonial Governor of Massachusetts denied their request since he wanted to keep the number of towns to a minimum and to restrict popular representation.Rice, Franklin P., (compiler)''Vital records of the town of Boylston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850'' Worcester : Franklin P. Rice, 1900. A meeting house was built in 1743, and the Reverend Ebenezer Morse, ordained in October 1743, was the first minister in charge of the church. The town was made up of a large part of land from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Shrewsbury and the remainder from Lancaster, Massachusetts, Lancaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, New York
Boylston is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 549 at the 2010 census. The name is that of the first landowner of the tract that became the town. The Town of Boylston is located on the northern boundary of the county. History The region was first called "Campania" and was first settled ''circa'' 1812. Boylston was created from part of the Town of Orwell in 1828. The population of the town was always small. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.03% is water. The northern town line, as well as part of the western town boundary, is the border of Jefferson County. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 505 people, 193 households, and 137 families residing in the town. The population density was 12.9 people per square mile (5.0/km2). There were 333 housing units at an average density of 8.5 per square mile (3.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, Wisconsin
Boylston is an unincorporated community located in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. It is along County Road C near Wisconsin Highway 35 State Trunk Highway 35 (STH-35, WIS 35) is a Wisconsin state highway running north–south across western Wisconsin. It is 412.15 miles in length, and is the longest state highway in Wisconsin. Portions of WIS 35 are part of the .... Boylston is south of the city of Superior.Beth A. Hamilton, ''The Pennsylvania Zarleys, Zearleys, Zerleys and their descendants, 1755-1999'', p. 54, Anunsden Publishing, 2000 Wolves are known to frequent the area.''Defenders'', vol. 71, p. 21, Defenders of Wildlife, 1996 . Notes Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{DouglasCountyWI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston Junction, Wisconsin
Boylston is an unincorporated community located in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. It is along County Road C near Wisconsin Highway 35. Boylston is south of the city of Superior Superior may refer to: *Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind Places *Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state *Lake ....Beth A. Hamilton, ''The Pennsylvania Zarleys, Zearleys, Zerleys and their descendants, 1755-1999'', p. 54, Anunsden Publishing, 2000 Wolves are known to frequent the area.''Defenders'', vol. 71, p. 21, Defenders of Wildlife, 1996 . Notes Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{DouglasCountyWI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Dore Boylston
Helen Dore Boylston (April 4, 1895 – September 30, 1984) was the American writer of the popular " ''Sue Barton''" nurse series and "''Carol Page''" actor series. Biography Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Boylston spent her childhood there, and was nicknamed "Troub", short for Troubles. She attended Simmons College in Boston for a year. She thought of studying medicine like her father, but chose nursing since the training was shorter. She graduated as a nurse from Massachusetts General Hospital in 1915 and sailed for France to serve in the First World War with the Harvard Medical Unit, as part of the British Expeditionary Force. She nursed the wounded at a front-line field hospital, specializing as a nurse anesthetist and reaching the rank of captain. Boylston wrote about her experiences in ''Sister: The War Diary of a Nurse,'' which was published in 1920. After the 1918 Armistice, Boylston remained in Europe working for the Red Cross for two years providing services t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zabdiel Boylston
Zabdiel Boylston, FRS (March 9, 1679 – March 1, 1766) was a physician in the Boston area. As the first medical school in North America was not founded until 1765, Boylston apprenticed with his father, an English-born surgeon named Thomas Boylston, and studied under the Boston physician Dr. Cutler. Boylston is known for holding several "firsts" for an American-born physician: he performed the first surgical operation by an American physician, the first removal of gall bladder stones in 1710, and the first removal of a breast tumor in 1718. He was also the first physician to perform smallpox inoculations in North America. He was a great uncle of President John Adams, as well as philanthropist Ward Nicholas Boylston. Early life and education Zabdiel Boylston was born on March 9, 1679, in Muddy River, Massachusetts (now part of Brookline), the son of Thomas (1644 - 1695) and Mary (Gardner) Boylston (1648 - 1722). He married Jerusha Minot (1679 - 1764) in 1706. His son, John, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston Street
Boylston Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The street begins in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood, forms the southern border of the Boston Public Garden and Boston Common, runs through Back Bay, and ends in Boston's Fenway neighborhood. Name As early as 1722, Boylston Street, then a short road on the outskirts of the town of Boston, was known as Frogg Lane or Frog Lane. It was later renamed for Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828),Bentinck-Smith, William"Nicholas Boylston and His Harvard Chair" ''Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society'', Third Series, Vol. 93, (1981), pp. 17-39 a philanthropist and benefactor of Harvard University. Boylston, who was a descendant of Zabdiel Boylston, was born in Boston and spent much of his life in it. Boylston Market, and the town of Boylston, Massachusetts, were also named after him. Route From east to west, Boston's Boylston Street begins at the intersection of Essex Street and Wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
