James Cook Ayer

Ayer Lion, resting place of Dr. J.C. Ayer, patent medicine tycoon, Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts

James Cook Ayer was born in Groton, Connecticut in May, 1818. The wealthiest patent medicine businessman of his day,^[1] Dr. Ayer was also brother of wealthy industrialist Frederick Ayer. In addition to his patent medicine business, Dr. Ayer was involved in textile production in Lowell, Massachusetts with his brother. The town of Ayer, Massachusetts is named for him.^[1] He died in an asylum on July 3, 1878 and is interred at Lowell Cemetery.^[1] His son, Frederick Fanning Ayer, born 1851, became a lawyer and philanthropist, and was director or stockholder of many corporations.^[2]

External links

• Article about Dr Ayer
• Myths refuted about Dr. James Cook Ayer With more information about his products and life.
• Coburn, Frederick William (1920). History of Lowell And Its People, Volume 2. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 16–22. http://books.google.com/books?id=esOlpomGN00C&pg=RA1-PA16. Retrieved 2009-08-23. 

Dr Ayer's laboratory on right, in Lowell.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} New York Times Obituary, July 4, 1878, Retrieved 12/2008
2. ^ Short Bio on F.F. Ayer, 1914

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Name	Ayer, James Cook
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Date of birth	1818
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Date of death	1878
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