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Horsford, Eben Norton

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Horsford, Eben Norton (1818-1893)

US chemist who was professor at Harvard 1847-63 and developed one of the first laboratories in the USA for analytic chemistry. He invented baking powder and founded Rumford Chemical Company in 1856 to produce it. He also made rations composed of grain and meat for the military during the US Civil War.

He was born in Moscow (now Livonia), New York.
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