#1Writing & Arts
Louisa Morton Greene
1819–1900American social reformer and writer
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Famous people · Ashburnham
7 famous people call Ashburnham their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American social reformer and writer Louisa Morton Greene, covered in 5 languages. Second place goes to the American industrialist Albert C. Burrage, third to Harrison Carroll Hobart. More than half were born in the early republic, 7 in all. The list comes to 10.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.5 in the typical town in Massachusetts.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Louisa Morton Greene
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1803
Amos Pollard
Youngest
1859
Albert C. Burrage
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Ashburnham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ashburnham’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1810s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessMusicMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ashburnham
Louisa Morton Greene, Albert C. Burrage and Harrison Carroll Hobart are written about in 5, 4 and 4 languages.
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What Ashburnham is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ashburnham and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (9)
- Louisa Morton Greene: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert C. Burrage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harrison Carroll Hobart: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvin O. Adams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Col. Joseph Parker Rice: Riceflan, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Paine Wolcott: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Washburn: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- General Nelson A. Miles: Brands Studios, Chicago, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldrich Bowker: Cambridge Grant, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons