Phillip Stanley Abbott
| Philip S Abbott | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1867 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 1896 (aged 29) Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada |
| Cause of death | Trauma |
| Resting place | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Years active | 1893–1896 |
Phillip Stanley Abbott was a graduate of Harvard, class of 1889, and of Harvard Law School, class of 1893. He practiced law until 1894 with Samuel D. Warren and Louis Brandeis of Boston. He then went to Milwaukee, where he was employed as assistant attorney for the Wisconsin Central Railroad (1871–99), of which his father, Edwin Hale Abbot, was president. The original family home was at 1 Follon Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts the now renowned Edwin Abbot House; but the family in 1896 were at Bar Harbor, Maine.
Phillip S. Abbot was considered an experienced mountain climber, in the United States; one who had made expeditions to the Alps and ascended the Matterhorn and Weisshorn; with Swiss guide Peter Sarbach. In 1893, Phillip S. Abbot published, "An Ascent of the Weisshorn". In 1895, with Professor Charles Ernest Fay of Tufts College, and Charles Sproull Thompson, General Agent for the Illinois Central Railroad, the three climbers failed in two ascents of Mount Lefroy in the Bow Range near Lake Louise, Alberta; but managed to make the first Ascent of Mt. Hector. The next year, Professor George Little, Librarian of Bowdoin joined the trio for the 1896 Expedition.
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