"Thomas Bulfinch III (1796-1867).... Charles and Grizzell Apthorp, Bulfinch’s great-grandparents.... His grandfather, Thomas Bulfinch II, was a notable physician involved in early smallpox inoculation efforts in Boston.... Susan Bulfinch, his grandmother.... His parents were Hannah Apthorp Bulfinch and Charles Bulfinch, the architect who designed the Massachusetts State House.... Thomas Bulfinch III's other relatives include aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins...."
"He grew up in Boston, attending King’s Chapel and studying at local schools, culminating in a course of study at Harvard. After graduation, Bulfinch worked as a teacher and then an accountant, but remained an academic as well, continuing his studies of the classics that fascinated him while in school."