Rowland Hazard
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Rowland Hazard may refer to:
- Rowland Hazard (1763-1835), Rhode Island industrialist, established a woollen mill in Peace Dale, Rhode IslandPeace Dale, Rhode IslandPeace Dale is a village in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Together with the village of Wakefield, it is treated by the U.S...
c.1804 - Rowland G. HazardRowland G. HazardRowland Gibson Hazard was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer.-Early life:Hazard was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island in 1801. His parents were Rowland Hazard , founder in 1802 of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, and the former Mary Peace...
(1801–1888), son of above, industrialist associated with textile mill complexes in Peace Dale and Carolina, Rhode Island - Rowland Hazard II (1829-1898), son of above, operated textile mills in Peace Dale and Carolina, Rhode IslandCarolina, Rhode IslandCarolina is a village that straddles the border of the towns of Charlestown and Richmond on the Pawcatuck River in Washington County, Rhode Island. Rhode Island Route 112 passes through the village...
; initial investor in Solvay Process Co. - Rowland G. Hazard II (1855–1918), vice president of the Solvay Process CompanySolvay Process CompanyThe Solvay Process Company was a pioneer chemical industry of the United States in the manufacture of soda ash and a major employer in Central New York...
- Rowland Hazard IIIRowland Hazard IIIFor other persons named Rowland Hazard, see Rowland Hazard Rowland Hazard III was an American businessman and member of a prominent Rhode Island family involved in the foundation and executive leadership of a number of well-known companies...
(1881–1945), son of above, American businessman and politician, connected with the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous