Eben Norton Horsford

Eben Norton Horsford ( born July 27, 1818 in Moscow (now Livonia ), New York, † January 1, 1893 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American scientist.

Horsford was a student of Giessen chemist Justus von Liebig and invented the baking soda. He is regarded in the U.S. as one of the fathers of modern nutritional science. He also conducted research in other fields, such as about historical topics ( eg Norumbega ).

Horsford in 1847 at the Harvard University professor and lecturer of Applied Science and Technology. He taught chemistry and conducted research for 16 years at the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard. He has published articles in various scientific journals on subjects as diverse as phosphates, condensed milk, emergency rations, Scandinavian or the art of baking bread. Horsford was a supporter of the integration of women in the research process and became President of the supporters club of Wellesley College, a school for women. He donated money, books and other materials to support the College. Especially famous and also financially very lucrative were the invention of baking powder and condensed milk for his work on Horsford.

In 1854 he founded with George Francis Wilson ( 1818-1883 ), the Rumford Chemical Works, to produce baking soda.

Works

• Report on Vienna bread. Washington in 1875.
• The Defences of Norumbega. In 1891.
• The Theory And Art Of Bread -Making. , 1861.