. History of Worcester and its people . minster, Massachusetts, September 18, 1881, daughter of F. B. andFlora (Ellithorpe) Holden. They have one child. Marion, born October 16, home is at No. 14 Kennilworth road in this city, a residence he purchasedrecently. His hobby is the Young Mens Christian Association and especially thegymnasium. He also spends much time, at night, in his garden growing small truck. FRANK HUSON ROBSON, Investment broker, manufacturer, former headmaster of the Bancroft School, was born in Hall, New York, January 29, 1865, sonof William Nelson and Catherine Ja
. History of Worcester and its people . minster, Massachusetts, September 18, 1881, daughter of F. B. andFlora (Ellithorpe) Holden. They have one child. Marion, born October 16, home is at No. 14 Kennilworth road in this city, a residence he purchasedrecently. His hobby is the Young Mens Christian Association and especially thegymnasium. He also spends much time, at night, in his garden growing small truck. FRANK HUSON ROBSON, Investment broker, manufacturer, former headmaster of the Bancroft School, was born in Hall, New York, January 29, 1865, sonof William Nelson and Catherine Jane (Smith) Robson, He attended the publicschools of his native town until fifteen years of age, and was afterwards a pupil inCanandaigua .\cademy, a noted school in that town. In 1883 he entered HamiltonCollege, received many honors and prizes for scholarship and was graduated inthe class of 1887, salutatorian of his class with the degree of Bachelor of years later his Alma Mater bestowed on him the degree of Master of o ^^t, /^^V-^i^—u^___^ AND ITS PEOPLE 423 From 1887 to 1890 he was a teacher in the Pingry School at Elizabeth, New Jer-sey; from 1890 to 1892 in Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey, as head of theclassical department; from 1892 to 1900 he was head of the classical department,and from 1898 to 1900 head master of the Pingry School. In 1900 he organized theBancroft School in Worcester (q. v.), incorporated it in 1902 and was its headmaster until 1915. Since 1915 he has been engaged in financing and managingmanufacturing and industrial corporations. He is president of the New England-California Corporation, treasurer of the Ancient River Corporation, and secre-tary of the Worcester Brick Company, He has assisted in organizing or financingmany other enterprises in Worcester and elsewhere. Mr. Robson is an honorary member of Clio Hall, Princeton University: amember of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and president of the Worcester Delta Up-silon Club
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