Frederick Ayer

Biography

Frederick Ayer (1822-1918) was a prominent Lowell industrialist and philanthropist whose energy and insight helped shape the city’s commercial success. He took great pride in the textile and manufacturing trades, always mindful that business should benefit the whole community and sustain the people who labored within it.

He was equally devoted to the city’s cultural and educational institutions, lending support to schools, churches, and charitable causes. His enduring legacy is visible in the generosity he showed to institutions of learning and the quiet encouragement he extended to neighbors in times of need.