Who is Davis Square named after?

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia doesn't have the answer. Please don't bite my head off if there's a plaque somewhere I haven't read yet.

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[mizufae.livejournal.com]

Davis Farms, i believe. i *think* i learned it from some display in the davis tstop?

Sort of right

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

You're sort of right-- it *is* on the display in the T station, but it's named after Person Davis (as Ron notes below).

Re: Sort of right

[mizufae.livejournal.com]

ah well, being sort of right is my normal state in life. :)

who names their kid person?? Is it some bizarro form of Percival? because otherwise it's like naming your cat "cat" or living in a place named Townsville.

Re: Sort of right

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

Mother's maiden name, probably.

An old tradition in these here pahts.

Re: Sort of right

[cos]

It sounds like a good Puritan name. They used to give people names like "Chastity", "Hopewell", and "Faith" ... hmm, so not all of those names fell entirely out of use :) Person sounds like it's meant to convey humbleness and "one of the people".

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