Charles Boycott
Charles Boycott (12 March 1832 – 19 June 1897) was the man after whom the modern word "boycott" was coined. The term is an eponym derived from his surname. He was the first person to be boycotted: farmers in County Mayo, Ireland, started a movement to refuse any trade or social relations with him.
He was the person who was the first victim of being “boycott”. Farmers of Mayo County, Ireland had started the movement of refusing any trade, commercial, or social relationships with Charles Boycott
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St Mary's church at Burgh St Peter in Norfolk, where Boycott's father William Boycott was vicar, and where Charles Boycott is buried
The former house of Charles Boycott on Achill Island. The house has been modernised and renovated since Boycott's time.
A map of the area around Lough Mask
Michael Davitt by Napoleon Sarony 1882
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