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Frederic Tudor (September 4, 1783 – February 6, 1864) was an American businessman and merchant. Known as Boston's "Ice King", he was the founder of the Tudor Ice Company and a pioneer of the international ice trade in the early 19th century.
Paul Jones sailed in the ice carrying trade, which had been built up over the course of more than two decades by the "Ice King", Frederic Tudor. Tudor experimented with various materials for packing and insulating bulk ice, such as "rice and wheat chaff, hay, tan bark, and even coal dust." He eventually settled on sawdust.
It was Tudor who christened Boston "The Athens of America" in an 1819 letter. His brother Frederic Tudor founded the Tudor Ice Company and became Boston's "Ice King", shipping ice to the tropics from many local sources of fresh water including Walden Pond, Fresh Pond, and Spy Pond in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Ice King is a character in the TV series Adventure Time. Ice King may also refer to: The Ice King, a 1983 novel by Michael Scott Rohan and Allan Scott; Charles W. Morse, an American businessman nicknamed "Ice King" Frederic Tudor, an American businessman nicknamed "Ice King" USS Ice King a refrigerated cargo ship during World War I
Ice King. Song: “Midnight Sky,” by Miley Cyrus. Panel guesses: Joe Jonas, Shia LaBeouf, Drake Bell, James Franco. Miley clue: Teen Choice 2008 surfboard. “For both Miley and me, our teenage ...
Among the panelists only Jenny McCarthy was able to correctly guess Bell. While Ken Jeong predicted the Ice King to be Joe Jonas, Rita Ora picked Shia LaBeouf, and Robin Thicke said Cole Sprouse.
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Most notable was Frederic Tudor (known as Boston's "Ice King") who formed the Tudor Ice Company in the early 19th century. In winter months, ice was chipped from a lake surface and often dragged by sled to the ice house.