Henry Minot
Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Henry Davis Minot (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; August 18, 1859 – November 14, 1890) was a Massachusetts ornithologist and railroad executive.
Born at his family's estate, Woodbourne in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Minot was the fourth of five sons of William and Katherine Maria (Sedgwick) Minot.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He attended Harvard College in 1876, where he was friends with classmate Theodore Roosevelt,<ref>Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt. Published by Simon and Schuster Books (2003 edition), written by David McCullough. p. 168</ref> who, like Minot, was interested in ornithology. In 1877, he published The Land Birds and Game Birds of New England at the age of seventeen. He left Harvard during his sophomore year.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
After leaving Harvard he became involved in railroad investments. He traveled extensively and reported on various railroad systems, from Mexico to Minnesota. He become associated with James J. Hill, and at one point, he was the director of the Great Northern Railway. In 1887, he became the president of a new railroad line which connected Manitoba to Lake Superior. He was also involved in a variety of other commercial enterprises, including steamships and streetcars in Superior, Wisconsin.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Legacy
At age 31, he was killed in a train crash near New Florence, Pennsylvania, on November 14, 1890.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=dthinfg>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=tpkld>Template:Cite news</ref>
The city of Minot, North Dakota (and indirectly, nearby Minot Air Force Base) was named after him, and a park in Massachusetts was dedicated in his honor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>