William Foster Nye (May 20, 1824 – August 12, 1910) was an American businessman and founder of a lubricating oil business in New Bedford, Massachusetts which is still in existence today and known as Nye Lubricants.
Author: Photographer uncredited Source: Nye, George Hyatt and Best, Frank E. (1907). A Genealogy of the Nye Family, p. 424. Nye Family of America Association License: PD US expired