What Bostonian was the founder of the company that originally published Prince of Persia?
Doug Carlston Douglas Gene Carlston (born April 30, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is the founder and current CEO of Tawala Systems based in San Rafael, California. He was previously CEO, chairman, and co-founder (with brother Gary) of Brøderbund Software, a major software publishing firm that produced such hit titles as "Myst", "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" and "Prince of Persia". Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company for US$420 million, and the combined company was sold to Mattel for $3.6 billion.
Thomas Prince Thomas Prince (May 15, 1687 – August 22, 1758) was an American clergyman, scholar and historian noted for his historical text "A Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals". Called 'an American pioneer in scientific historical writing', Prince influenced historians such as Jeremy Belknap and Thomas Hutchinson, and his "Annals" was still being used as a reference text as late as 1791.