Nathaniel "Nat" Niles

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Nathaniel William Niles

Also Known As: "Nat"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: July 11, 1932 (46)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Baker Memorial, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States (complications while recovering from surgery after an illness of three weeks)
Place of Burial: 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward S. Niles and Elizabeth Pomeroy Niles
Husband of Martha Niles
Father of Nathaniel W. Niles, Jr. and Robert Livingston Niles
Brother of Eliot Wright Niles; Helen Niles; David Sands Niles; Mary Fish Niles and Ruth Elizabeth Niles

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About Nathaniel "Nat" Niles

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_W._Niles

Nathaniel William Niles (July 5, 1886 – July 11, 1932) was an American tennis player and figure skater who competed in single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing between 1914 and 1932.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Niles won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in men's single skating 3 times, and 9 national pair skating titles with his partner Theresa Weld Blanchard. Blanchard and Niles also won a further 5 national titles in ice dancing.

Nathaniel W. Niles also excelled at tennis, and was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. While a student at Harvard, he was an NCAA champion for the sport. He competed in 23 successive U.S. National Championships. Together with Edith Rotch he won the 1908 Mixed Doubles title and in 1917 he reached the singles final but was defeated by Robert Lindley Murray in four sets.

Niles died in 1932, at the age of 46. His last figure skating competition, with Blanchard, had been the pairs event at the 1932 World Figure Skating Championships earlier that same year.

Figure skating results

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_W._Niles#Figure_skating_results

Tennis Grand Slam finals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_W._Niles#Tennis_Grand_Slam_f...

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Nathaniel "Nat" Niles's Timeline

1886
July 5, 1886
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1914
1914
1917
1917
1932
July 11, 1932
Age 46
Massachusetts General Hospital, Baker Memorial, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
July 14, 1932
Age 46
Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States