New England Brahmin

E172800

New England Brahmin refers to a traditional elite social class in New England, historically characterized by wealth, education, cultural influence, and often old Anglo-American Protestant lineage.

All labels observed (18)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elite ⓘ
social class ⓘ
upper class ⓘ
associatedWithConcept WASP elite ⓘ
Yankee aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin

old American elite ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicity Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons

English American ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Boston Brahmin families ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
Ivy League ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Back Bay ⓘ
Beacon Hill ⓘ
Boston ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Congregationalism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Unitarianism ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Anglo-American Protestant lineage ⓘ
Protestant ethic ⓘ
WASP ⓘ
Yankee heritage ⓘ
culturally influential ⓘ
high educational attainment ⓘ
old money ⓘ
philanthropic tradition ⓘ
politically influential ⓘ
reserved manners ⓘ
sense of civic duty ⓘ
socially prominent ⓘ
wealthy ⓘ
well educated ⓘ
influencedDomain American education ⓘ
American literature ⓘ
American politics ⓘ
business ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
knownFor attendance at elite prep schools ⓘ
influence in New England cultural institutions ⓘ
interlocking family networks ⓘ
membership in exclusive clubs ⓘ
locatedIn New England ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Brahmin caste in Hinduism ⓘ
termUsedSince 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Appleton Longfellow → hasHeritage → New England Brahmin ⓘ
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow → hasHeritage → New England Brahmin ⓘ
Alice Mary Longfellow → heritage → New England Brahmin ⓘ
Henry Lee Higginson → heritage → New England Brahmin ⓘ
Lowell family → socialClass → Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Frederick Tudor → partOf → New England merchant class ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Abbott Lawrence → socialClass → Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Samuel Phillips Jr. → heritage → New England colonial elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Lyman family → connectedTo → Boston Brahmin families ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Lyman family → partOf → New England upper class ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
John Moors Cabot → socialClass → Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Charles Eliot → heritage → New England Brahmin ⓘ
Ogden Codman Jr. → familyBackground → Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Boston art community → associatedWithPatron → Boston Brahmin families ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Elizabeth Shaw Melville → socialClass → Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell → associatedWith → Boston Brahmin society ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Edmund Quincy → socialClass → New England gentry ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
New England Brahmin → associatedWithConcept → Yankee aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Thomas Gold Appleton → memberOf → Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Percival Lowell → heritage → New England elite family ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
George Cabot → partOf → New England political elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Allerton family → partOf → New England colonial elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Deborah Lothrop Gardiner → memberOf → New England colonial elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Quincy estate in Massachusetts → associatedWith → New England gentry ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Holmes family → hasLineage → New England Brahmin ⓘ
Edmund C. Tarbell → associatedWith → New England cultural elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Emerson family → socialClass → New England intellectual elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Fanny Peabody → associatedWith → New England elite society ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
WASP → associatedWith → Yankee elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Ann Channing Allston → culturalIdentity → New England elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Devotion family → partOf → New England colonial elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
John Codman → partOf → New England historical elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Brahmin Bostonian → associatedWith → New England aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
Corey family → hasCulturalBackground → New England elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin