Frederic Tudor in 1806 brings cocktails and ice cream to the rest of the world

Fearing that Gorrie’s invention would ruin his business, [Tudor] began a smearing campaign against the inventor [of the ice maker]... Humiliated by criticism, financially ruined, and his health broken, Gorrie died in seclusion on June 29, 1855

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icemaker#History

Highly recommended book:

The Frozen Water Trade, by Gavin Weightman, Harper Collins, 2003.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Us_pGAAACAAJ

> His first venture failed, and so did his second, third and fourth. In the end, Frederic Tudor made his millions and revolutionized the way the world ate and drank.

I admire people with this level of vision and guts. I don’t have it.