Frederick Lothrop Ames

**Frederick Lothrop Ames** (8 ga Yuni, 1835 - 13 ga Satumba, 1893) ya kasance magajin arziki a fannin layin dogo da kera shebur. Ya kasance Mataimakin Shugaban Kamfanin Jirgin Kasa na Old Colony, darektan layin dogo na Union Pacific, kuma abokin hadin gwiwa ne na kafa kamfanin General Electric. A lokacin mutuwarsa, an ruwaito cewa Ames shine mutum mafi arziki a Massachusetts. 

## Iyalan Ames
Iyalan Ames iyali ne mai arziki wanda suka rayu a Easton tsawon tsararraki da yawa. Kakan Frederick , Oliver Ames Sr., ya kafa Ames Shovel Works a Easton, Massachusetts . Shovel Works ya sami babban arziki a gidan, a lokacin da dubban mutane suka gina magudanar ruwa da layin dogo mai ƙarfi ta hannun dubban mutane ta amfani da shebur. Mahaifin Frederick, Oliver Jr., shine shugaban layin dogo na Union Pacific a lokacin gina layin dogo na ƙasashen duniya . Ɗan uwan Frederick, Oliver Ames, shine gwamnan Massachusetts daga 1887 zuwa 1890.

## Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Frederick Lothrop Ames a ranar 8 ga Yuni, 1835, a Easton, Massachusetts, ɗa tilo ga Oliver Ames Jr. da Sarah Lothrop.   Mahaifin Sarah shine Hon. Howard Lothrop, na Easton, wanda Sanata ne na Jiha; kuma ɗan'uwanta shine George Van Ness Lothrop, ministan Rasha a lokacin gwamnatin Grover Cleveland . 

Saurayi Frederick ya halarci Kwalejin Phillips Exeter kuma ya kammala karatunsa a Kwalejin Harvard a 1854.   Duk da cewa yana son yin karatun lauya, mahaifinsa ya shawo kansa ya shiga harkar shara ta iyali.  Bayan rasuwar kakansa Oliver Ames Sr., ya zama memba na kamfanin.  A 1876, ya zama ma'ajin kuɗi.  Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa a 1877, Frederick ya zama shugaban Kamfanin Ames &amp;amp; Sons ;  ya kuma gaji dala miliyan biyar ko shida, waɗanda ya zuba jari a fannin layin dogo. 

Ya auri Rebecca Caroline Blair  a ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1860  kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya biyar.  'Ya'yan sune: Helen Angier; Oliver; Mary Shreve; Frederick Lothrop Jr .; da John Stanley Ames. 

Iyalin suna da gidan hunturu a kan titin Commonwealth da ke Boston kuma babban gidansu wani kadara ne da ke North Easton, Massachusetts.  A shekara ta 1893, Ames ya ba da umarnin gina ginin Ames mai hawa 13 a Boston, wanda aka yi la'akari da shi a matsayin ginin farko na Boston da kuma gininsa na farko da ya dogara da lif.  Ames yana aiki daga ofisoshinsa a can.  A lokacin shine ginin mafi tsayi a gabashin birnin New York . 

Ames yana da tsawon ƙafa biyar da inci 11, kuma yana da nauyin kimanin fam 175.  Ya kasance ɗan ƙungiyar Unitarian kuma memba na Cocin Unity na North Easton da Cocin Farko da ke Boston .  

Ya kasance shugaban Home for Increables (asibitin ya canza sunansa zuwa St Barnabas Hospital a 1947), na Babban Asibitin Massachusetts, da kuma na McLean Insane Asylum (wanda yanzu ake kira McLean Asibitin). 

## Abubuwan sha'awar kasuwanci
Ames shi ne Mataimakin Shugaban Kamfanin Jirgin Ƙasa na Old Colony kuma darektan Union Pacific Railroad .  Duk da haka, ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan layin dogo arba'in, wataƙila fiye da kowane mutum a ƙasar.  Darakta ne a Kamfanin Jirgin Ƙasa na Old Colony Steamboat.  Ya kuma mallaki sama da dala miliyan shida a cikin gidaje na Boston, da kuma gidaje a Kansas City da Omaha.  A lokacin rasuwarsa yana da shekaru 58, an kiyasta arzikin Ames tsakanin dala miliyan 25 zuwa 50. 

### Mai tattara zane da mai kula da gine-gine

An san Ames sosai a matsayin mai tattara zane-zane.    Ya kasance amintaccen gidan adana kayan tarihi na Boston, kuma ya ba gidan adana kayan fasaha da dama, ciki har da manyan jades da lu'ulu'u da yawa.  Ames ya kuma bayar da kyautar Rembrandts guda biyu, hotunan Dr. Nicolaes Tulp da matarsa wanda aka rubuta a shekarar 1632. 

Tarin Ames ya kuma haɗa da "Pointer Dog" na Constant Troyon, "Tiger Hunt" na Eugène Fromentin, da dama daga cikin shimfidar wurare na Charles-François Daubigny, da kuma wasu zane-zane da dama daga masu ra'ayin Romantic na Faransa suka yi.  A ranar 6 ga Oktoba, 1885, an yi wa gidan Ames da ke North Easton fashin zane-zane da dama, ciki har da "Teybeck at Brousic" na Stanisław Chlebowski, da kuma "Goose Girl" na Jean-François Millet . 

A shekara ta 1882, Ames ya umarci mai zane John La Farge da ya zana babban taga mai fenti a cikin Cocin Unity na North Easton a matsayin abin tunawa ga 'yar'uwarsa tilo, Helen Angier Ames. Ana kiran aikin *Mala'ikan Taimako* .

Frederick (da wasu daga cikin dangin Ames ) ya ba da umarnin mai ginin gidaje Henry Hobson Richardson don gina gine-gine da dama. Na farko shine Ames Free Library, wanda aka gina da wasiyyar $50,000 daga mahaifinsa (Oliver Jr.). An fara ginin a shekarar 1878 kuma an kammala shi a shekarar 1883. Wataƙila mafi shahara shine Ginin Ames da ke Boston, wanda kamfanin Richardson ya gina bayan mutuwarsa. Tsawon shekaru da yawa shine ginin sama mafi tsayi a Boston.

### Orchids
Ames kuma ƙwararren mai lambu ne mai son orchid, abin sha'awa da ya raba shi da ɗan uwansa, ƙwararren masanin tsirrai Oakes Ames .  An ɗauki tarin orchids na Frederick a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyau a ƙasar.   An sanya wa orchid **amesianus** suna don girmama Frederick da Oakes. 

Ames ya kasance mai bayar da gudummawa ga Arnold Arboretum na Harvard kuma mataimakin shugaban ƙungiyar lambu ta Massachusetts .  Ya kasance memba na kamfanin Jami'ar Harvard a lokacin rasuwarsa. 

### Siyasa
An zaɓe Ames a Majalisar Dattawan Jihar Massachusetts a shekara ta 1872 "a lokacin da ba ya nan kuma ba tare da saninsa ba."  Ya yi wa'adi ɗaya a matsayin ɗan Republican . 

## Mutuwa da gado

Ames ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a cikin jirgin ruwansa mai *saukar* ungulu, wani lokaci da sanyin safiyar ranar 13 ga Satumba, 1893, *a kan hanyarsa ta* zuwa Fall River, Massachusetts .  Ya kwanta "cikin koshin lafiya da walwala" amma aka same shi a mace washegari da safe.  An ruwaito cewa musabbabin hakan shine ciwon kwakwalwa,  wata cuta da daga baya za a kira ta bugun jini .

## Duba kuma

* Ames Gate Lodge
* Gidan Mai Lambu na Ames na FL
* Ginin Ames
* Iyalan Ames
* Tashar Jirgin Kasa ta Old Colony (North Easton, Massachusetts)
* Kotun Koli ta Massachusetts ta 93 (1872)

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