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W. A. B. Coolidge
 William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (/ˈkuːlɪdʒ/; August 28, 1850 – May 8, 1926) was an American historian, theologian and mountaineer. Early life and educationWilliam Augustus Brevoort Coolidge was born in New York City in 1850 as the son of Frederic William Skinner Coolidge, a Boston merchant, and Elisabeth Neville Brevoort, sister of James Carson Brevoort and Meta Brevoort. Coolidge studied history and law at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and at Exeter College, Oxford. In 1870 at the age of twenty he was made a member of the Alpine Club (UK). CareerIn 1875, he became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. From 1880 to 1881 he was professor of British history at Saint David's College in Lampeter. In 1883, age 33, he became a priest of the Anglican church. Coolidge became one of the great figures of the so-called silver age of alpinism, making first ascents of the few significant peaks in the Alps that had not been climbed during the golden age of alpinism. On many of these climbs he was accompanied by his aunt, Meta Brevoort, and a pet dog, Tschingel, given to him by one of his guides, Christian Almer. First ascents in the Alps
Personal life and deathIn 1885, at age 35 he moved to Grindelwald, Switzerland, where he died in 1926, age 76. Selected publications
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