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Roger Babson statistician, business forecaster, writerBorn: 1875 Birthplace: Gloucester, Mass. Though not a particularly good student, he studied bookkeeping and engineering and in 1904 founded the Business Statistical Organization, whose publications advised clients on timing the purchase or sale of stocks, bonds, and commodities. He founded the Babson Institute (later Babson College) in 1919, and in 1927 established Webber College to train women for business. Died: 1967Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. More on Roger Babson from Fact Monster:
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