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Tag Archives: eccentric
The Eccentric Merchant from New Ipswich New Hampshire: Jabez Hills (1788-1871)
Jabez Hills led a seemingly normal life until his later years, when he became known as “Jabez the Hermit,” and was considered by some to be a somewhat odd, miserly recluse. This business-savy man led a productive, generous life and … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather, Really Old News
Tagged Bellows Falls, eccentric, Hampshire, hermit, Hills, Ipswich, Jabez, new, NH, odd, postmaster, Rockingham, square, Vermont, VT
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New Boston New Hampshire’s Roger Ward Babson, Statistician, Eccentric Businessman, College Founder (1875-1967)
Call him kooky, or call him ingenious, and you are correct both times.
Roger Ward Babson was not a … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire Men
Tagged Babson College, Babson Institute, Babsons Boulders, business, college, Dogtown Common, eccentric, economics, Florida, founder, Grace Webber College, gravity, investment, Midwest Institute, New Boston, New Hampshire, Open Church Foundation, research, Robert Babson, services, social issues, statistician, stock market
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