Godfrey Lowell Cabot

Founded Cabot Corporation in 1882

Godfrey Lowell Cabot was born in Boston on 26 February 1861, the son of Samuel and Hannah Lowell (Jackson) Cabot. He graduated from Harvard College in 1882 and did post-graduate work at Zurich Polytechnicum, the University of Switzerland, Harvard, and Norwich University. He married Maria B. Moors on 23 June 1890. Cabot became a successful businessman and manufacturer of carbon black. He was active in community affairs and served as secretary of the New England Watch and Ward Society and as trustee of many institutions. In addition, Cabot was a famous aviation pioneer, a U.S. Navy pilot during World War I, and a noted philanthropist. He died on 2 November 1962.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Cabot Corporation Boston-based chemicals

• Founder ('82)

Holdings

Cabot Corporation Boston-based chemicals

• Owner ('82→?)

Family

Maria Moors Cabot

• wife

Thomas D Cabot United Fruit Company; MIT Corporation; Cabot Corporation

• son

John Moors Cabot U.S. Ambassador to Poland and four other countries

• son

Samuel Cabot III A physician (Harvard 1836)

• father

Schools

Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA

• BA (?→'82)

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Feb 26 '61
Date of death	Nov 2 '62
Aliases	Godfrey L Cabot