Arthur Chamberlin Wise
Arthur Chamberlin Wise was a member of the Boston brokerage firm of Millet, Roe & Hagen and co-owner of the Boston Braves 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 Kennebunkport, Maine. On October 9, 1902 he married Marion Strong Somers in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1915 he became a member of the Boston Stock Exchange by buying the seat of I. M. Taylor for $15,000.
With Percy Duncan Haughton he bought the Boston Braves baseball team from James Edward Gaffney. Wise raised $600,000 to build Fenway Park.
He died on June 26, 1952 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was buried in Hingham Cemetery in Hingham, Massachusetts.
