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Gail Borden

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American inventor (1801-1874)

United StatesScientistsLived 1801 to 1874 · aged 72
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Gail Borden Jr. was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur. He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk.

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2006National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Gail Borden Jr. was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur. He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk. Earlier, Borden helped plan the cities of Houston and Galveston in 1836.

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United States
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1801 to 1874 · aged 72
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