Joseph Park Babcock (1893 – 1949) was an American popularizer of Mahjong, who was born in Lafayette, Indiana. After graduating from Purdue University...
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Joseph Babcock may refer to: Joseph Park Babcock (1893–1949), American writer who popularized Mahjong in the U.S. Joseph W. Babcock (1850–1909), U.S....
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pioneer and American Civil War spy Joseph Park Babcock (1893–1949), American Mahjong promoter Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850–1909), Wisconsin member of the...
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pre-determined hand on the annually distributed NMJL card & AMJA card. Joseph Park Babcock, a representative of the Standard Oil Company in Shanghai, was importing...
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Stanford Report. Stanford University. Retrieved 31 March 2021. Babcock, Joseph Park (1923). Babcock's Rules for Mah-jongg; the Red Book of Rules. Mah-jongg sales...
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depict the individual coins in the strings, but they were mistaken by Joseph Park Babcock as the knots on the bamboo plants, hence the English name of the...
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families. Mahjong was brought to the United States in the 1920s by Joseph Park Babcock. It was imported into the U.S. during a time when many Americans...
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house was ordered by Kate Woodman Babcock, widow of former Representative Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin. Babcock had had a successful career in the...
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Lock Martin (redirect from Joseph L. Martin)
Joseph Lockard "Lock" Martin Jr. (October 12, 1916 – January 19, 1959) was an American performer afflicted with giantism. Martin and a twin brother were...
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is named for him. Babcock State Park in West Virginia. Babcock Ranch and Babcock Preserve in Florida. The highly profitable Babcock Lumber and Boom Company...
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