resting_place death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name
king 's chapel cemetery , boston -lrb- originally -rrb- 6 february 1864 boston , massachusetts , u.s. boston , massachusetts , u.s. `` ice king '' american 4 september 1783 establishing the ice trade euphemia fenno frederic tudor-facingright pre1864.jpg frederic tudor
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frederic tudor

frederic tudor -lrb- september 4 , 1783 - february 6 , 1864 -rrb- was an american businessman and merchant .
known as boston 's `` ice king '' , he was the founder of the tudor ice company .
during the early 19th century , he made a fortune shipping ice to the caribbean , europe , and even as far away as india from sources of fresh water ice in new england .
the tudor ice company harvested ice in a number of new england ponds for export and distribution throughout the caribbean , europe , and india from 1826 to 1892 .
tudor ice was harvested at walden pond in concord , fresh pond in cambridge , spy pond in arlington , sandy pond in ayer , horn pond in woburn , lake quannapowitt in wakefield , haggett 's pond in andover , suntaug lake in lynnfield , spot pond and doleful pond in stoneham , and wenham lake in wenham -lrb- all places in massachusetts -rrb- .
