Pearson, Henry Bromfield

Dates

• Existence: 1795 -- 1867 - 1867

Biography

Abstract:

As a graduate of Harvard and being independently wealthy, Henry Bromfield Pearson (1795 -1867) designated Alonzo Ames Miner, then president of Tufts College, as the executor of his will. In 1893 Tufts College established the Bromfield-Pearson High School, a co-educational, primarily technical school that existed until the 1960s.

Henry Bromfield Pearson was born on March 29, 1795 and died June 29, 1867. His father, Eliphalet Pearson LL.D. (1752-1826), was the first preceptor of Phillips Andover Academy and became a professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at Harvard. After attending Andover, Henry Bromfield Pearson entered Yale as a member of the class of 1815. He left Yale for Harvard, from which he graduated with a B.A. in 1816.

Being independently wealthy, Henry Bromfield Pearson designated Alonzo Ames Miner, then president of Tufts College, as the executor of his will. His original will stipulated the creation of a high school for girls. However, a codicil to the will made Tufts College a beneficiary of the Bromfield Pearson estate and allowed the College to interpret the will according to its own design. Consequently, in 1893 Tufts College established the Bromfield-Pearson High School, a co-educational, primarily technical school that existed until the 1960s. Yale University Library holds his and his family papers.

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