John Boyd Thacher, Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Boyd Thacher

American politician

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1847

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1909

Profession: politician, historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Boyd Thacher (September 11, 1847 – February 25, 1909) was the Mayor of Albany, New York and New York State Senator as well as an American manufacturer, writer, and book collector.
He was the son of Albany mayor, George Thacher, and the uncle of Albany mayor, John Boyd Thacher II. Thacher was born in Ballston, New York, graduated from Williams College in 1869 and settled in Albany, New York.
He became an active scholar in writing after college and also became active in his father's business, the Thacher Car Wheel Works, which was one of the leading industries in Albany.
When his father died in 1887, John and his brother George became proprietors of the business.
Thacher was the father of Ebby Thacher, who was regarded at the man who brought Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, into the Oxford Group, which was the model for the later fellowship for alcoholics.