Roger Ward Babson was an American entrepreneur, Georgist economist, and business theorist in the first half of the 20th century. He is best remembered for predicting the Wall Street crash of 1929 and
Babson in 1918
Isaac Newton's apple tree grove at Babson College in 2025
An example of a "Babson Boulder" at Dogtown
The Gravity Research Foundation is an organization established in 1948 by businessman Roger Babson to find ways to implement gravitational shielding. Over time, the foundation turned away from trying
Roger Babson
…can be used to explain movement in the stock markets." His market forecasting techniques are expounded in articles in Traders World Magazine and the Gravity Research Foundation he founded. Babson authored more than 40 books on economic and social problems, the most widely read being Business Barometers (eight editions) and…
Monument to Babson in center of New Boston, New Hampshire
A pamphlet issued by the foundation, date uncertain.
The Gravity Research Foundation monument at Gordon College
The Gravity Research Foundation monument at Tufts University