Arthur Chamberlin Wise (January 6, 1876 - June 26, 1952) was a member of the Boston

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of Millet, Roe & Hagen and co-owner of the

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baseball team in 1916 with Percy Duncan Haughton.

Biography

He was born on January 6, 1876, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Daniel Wise and Mary A. Chamberlin of

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. On October 9, 1902, he married Marion Strong Somers in

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. In 1915 he became a member of the

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by buying the seat of I. M. Taylor for $15,000. With Percy Duncan Haughton he bought the

baseball team from

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. Wise raised $600,000 to build

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. He died on June 26, 1952, in

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. He was buried in Hingham Cemetery in Hingham, Massachusetts.

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