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Edgar Crocker, 81, sailor, entrepreneur, educator

By Michele Richinick

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 17, 2012

With a long personal history of sailing, Edgar Crocker retired from a banking career, only to help launch ventures that provided on-board learning experiences to would-be sailors and opportunities to help educators domestically and abroad. That meant he wasn’t exactly the retiring sort after retiring from a long career at Cambridge Trust Co. “Edgar never retired. Edgar worked up until his final days,’’ said Charles Paul, CEO and cofounder with Mr. Crocker of Worldwise Education.

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