William Frederick Nast (1840–1893) was an American diplomat and entrepreneur.
He was the third president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
[3] Upon his return to the US, Nast entered the brokerage business in New York City.
While living in Europe, William Nast filed for several invention patents, including one for "improvements in the treatment of stable manure, and in the manufacture of paper" on July 6, 1876, awarded February 22, 1878,[4] and one for "improvements in the manufacture of dextrine, sugar and the like, from cellulose and ligneous materials" on November 4, 1880,[5] and US 374618 "Obtaining ammonia from manure", awarded on December 13, 1887.
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