Had this man been born in, say, the 18th century, he could have become a garden hermit [0]. British aristocracy used to employ hermits to live on their estates,

Had this man been born in, say, the 18th century, he could have become a garden hermit [0]. British aristocracy used to employ hermits to live on their estates, sometimes in hermitages or grottoes, as living garden ornaments but also counsel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_hermit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_hermit