From the ArcaMax Publishing, Trivia Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/trivia/s-568556-905757
Henry Cavendish, one of the great scientists of the 1700s, was painfully shy and could barely speak to one person – never to two. He was so timid in the presence of women that he communicated with his female servants by notes only. If one crossed his path in his house, she was fired on the spot. He built a separate entrance to the house so that he could come and go without meeting anyone. In the end, he insisted on dying alone.
This news arrived on: 06/20/2009