Editing Benjamin Robbins Curtis (section)

==Early life and education==
Curtis was born November 4, 1809, in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]], the son of Lois Robbins and Benjamin Curtis, the captain of a [[merchant vessel]]. Young Curtis attended common school in [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] and beginning in 1825 [[Harvard University|Harvard College]], where he won an essay writing contest in his junior year. At Harvard, he became a member of the [[Porcellian Club]]. He graduated in 1829, and was a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbk.org/userfiles/file/Famous%20Members/PBKSupremeCourtJustices.pdf|title=Supreme Court Justices Who Are Phi Beta Kappa Members|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928082723/http://www.pbk.org/userfiles/file/Famous%20Members/PBKSupremeCourtJustices.pdf|archive-date=September 28, 2011|publisher=Phi Beta Kappa|access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref> He graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1832.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WkUBAAAAYAAJ&q=editions%3AiCZGq3SGgoQC&pg=PA6|title=Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Law School of Harvard University, 1817–1889|last=Harvard Law School|website=Google Books|access-date=14 December 2017|year=1890|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109001237/https://books.google.com/books?id=WkUBAAAAYAAJ&q=editions%3AiCZGq3SGgoQC&pg=PA6|url-status=live}}</ref>