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Eben Norton Horsford

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American food scientist and chemist (1818-1893)

United StatesScientistsLived 1818 to 1893 · aged 74
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Eben Norton Horsford was an American scientist who taught agricultural chemistry in the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard from 1847 to 1863. Later he was known for his reformulation of baking powder, his interest in Viking settlements in North America, and the monuments he built to Leif Erikson.

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Anne Whitney, Eben Norton Horsford, 1890, Davis Museum, Wellesley CollegeAnne Whitney, Eben Norton Horsford, 1890, Davis Museum, Wellesley CollegeManufactory of Rumford baking powder, ca.1910Manufactory of Rumford baking powder, ca.1910

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1818 to 1893 · aged 74
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