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Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank. [1] [2] He was also an early amateur photographer and a noted philanthropist.
Frederick Ferris Thompson was born in New York City on June 14, 1836. He was the son of John Thompson, a banker and native of Berkshire County. F. Thompson prepared for college at Peacham Academy in Peacham, Vt. He then attended Columbia, where he joined the Delta Psi fraternity.
In 1893 Frederick Ferris Thompson, a Vassar trustee, gave the college an extension to Main hall that served as a library until the new Thompson building was completed in 1905 by Mary Clark Thompson as a memorial for her husband.
Frederick Ferris Thompson is well known at Williams for his generous philanthropy. His first gift was the clock tower on Lasell Gymnasium in 1886—the same year he became a Trustee and was granted an honorary degree from Williams, although he never finished his studies.
A short list of other notable names includes the women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton; banker Frederick Ferris Thompson and his wife, Mary Clark Thompson, who oversaw the creation of...
Frederick Thompson's father played a leading role in controlling, and ultimately eliminating, the old largely uncontrolled, private and state-authorized bank currencies. John Thompson bought out a “Bank Note Reporter” that illustrated “good” bank notes and warned consumers and bankers about “broken bank” notes that should not be ...
Painting by Eastman Johnson, “Frederick Ferris Thompson,” c.1886–99 (Hills no. 31.1.203), Oil on canvas, Overall: 30 1/8 x 24 13/16 in. (76.5 x 61.4 cm). Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Anonymous gift (PA.49.A). From The Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné (EJCR).
