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About Samuel Eliot
Samuel Eliot (1739–1820) was an American banker and businessman from the prominent Eliot family of Boston. He served as President of Massachusetts Bank, and was a highly successful Boston merchant, owning and operating what was then the precursor to 19th- and 20th-century style department stores. At the time of his death, he had amassed one of the largest fortunes in Boston. He was an important early benefactor of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Everything about Samuel Eliot →- Occupation
- banker
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 25, 1739
- Died
- January 18, 1820