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Rowland Gibson Hazard
1855–1918
A Rhode Island industrialist with deep ties to Peace Dale, he moved easily between manufacturing, public service, and cultural life. He is also remembered as the father of Rowland Hazard III, later linked to the early history of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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How Robin Hood Once Was a Wait: A Miracle Play or Christmas Masque
by Rowland Gibson Hazard
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1855, he belonged to the prominent Hazard family of Rhode Island and became part of the business leadership centered on Peace Dale. Sources describe him as a textile mill owner and industrialist, and they also place him in a wider world of civic and institutional work.
He served in public and organizational roles that reached beyond manufacturing. Contemporary and archival references connect him with Republican politics in Rhode Island, the Providence Harbor Improvement Commission, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and the New York Life Insurance Company. In Santa Barbara, he was noted as a board member of the Museum of Comparative Oology.
He married Mary Pierrepont Bushnell, and their children included Rowland Hazard III. He died in Santa Barbara in 1918, but his life remained closely identified with the Hazard family legacy in Rhode Island and with the cultural and industrial world of Peace Dale.