Frederick Tudor

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Frederick Tudor was a 19th-century American entrepreneur known as the "Ice King" for pioneering the international ice trade.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American businessperson
businessperson
entrepreneur
human
pioneer of the ice trade
basedIn Boston
Massachusetts
burialPlace King’s Chapel Burying Ground
business Tudor Ice Company
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1783-09-04
dateOfDeath 1864-02-06
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Yankee
familyName Tudor
givenName Frederick
hasCauseOfWealth monopoly over the ice trade from New England ponds
hasFieldOfWork international trade
logistics
refrigeration precursors
industry ice trade
shipping
influenced development of cold supply chains
global food preservation practices
knownFor creating demand for ice in warm climates
developing a commercial system for harvesting natural ice
exporting ice from New England ponds
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement early American capitalism
nationality American
nickname Ice King
notableFor pioneering the international ice trade
shipping harvested ice to tropical and overseas markets
occupation entrepreneur
merchant
partOf New England merchant class
placeOfBirth Boston
Massachusetts
United States of America
placeOfDeath Boston
Massachusetts
United States of America
residence Boston
Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
significantEvent development of insulated ice houses for storage
expansion of ice exports to India
first large-scale shipment of ice to the Caribbean

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
William Tudor
sibling

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