Shattuck was born in
Brookline, Massachusetts, and graduated from
Noble and Greenough School in 1897. He then went onto Harvard, from which he graduated with his bachelor's degree in 1901 and his law degree in 1904. He then worked for the law firm
Ropes, Gray & Gorham, which made him partner in 1909. He was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1920 to 1930 and 1943 to 1949 and represented Ward 5 on the
Boston City Council from 1933 to 1941. In 1929, Shattuck was appointed to the position of Treasurer of
Harvard University, just prior to the onset of the Great Depression. Other positions included chair of the
Boston Municipal Research Bureau and, for 33 years, president of the private
North Bennet Street Industrial School. and the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at
Harvard Law School. He was a member of the
Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) from 1935 until his death. His personal papers, totaling 84 boxes, are kept at MHS. ==See also==