Category: Food History

A

• Charles Courtice Alderton 21 Jun 1857 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 29 May 1941
• Leroy Wright Allen 30 Sep 1882 Frankfort, Will, Illinois, United States - 26 Mar 1968

B

• Thurman Joseph Bixler 21 Mar 1888 Americus, Lyon County, Kansas, USA - 15 Mar 1970
• Gail Borden 9 Nov 1801 Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States - 11 Jan 1874
• Caleb Davis Bradham 27 May 1867 Chinquapin, Duplin, North Carolina, United States - 19 Feb 1934

C

• George Washington Carver 12 Jul 1864 Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States - 5 Jan 1943
• Laura Emma (Clough) Scudder 19 Jul 1881 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S - 13 Mar 1959

D

• Walter Edwin Diemer 8 Jan 1905 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America - 8 Jan 1998

E

• Marcellus Gilmore Edson 7 Feb 1849 Bedford, Québec, Canada - 6 Mar 1940

F

• Benjamin Tyndle Fooks 15 Jul 1901 Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States - 30 Sep 1981

G

• Ruth Jones (Graves) Wakefield 17 Jun 1903 East Walpole, Massachusetts, United States - 10 Jan 1977
• Robert McCay Green 26 Mar 1842 - 21 May 1920

G cont.

• Charles Leiper Grigg 11 May 1868 Prices Branch, Missouri, USA - 16 Apr 1940
• Piotr Gwozdz 6 Apr 1885 Wadowice, Wadowice, Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien, Erzherzogtum Österreich - Feb 1956

H

• Claud Adkins Hatcher 20 Aug 1876 Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, United States of America - 31 Dec 1933
• Milton Snavely Hershey 13 Sep 1857 Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States - 13 Oct 1945
• Charles Elmer Hires 19 Aug 1851 Elsinboro Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States - 31 Jul 1937

J

• James Caleb Jackson 28 Mar 1811 Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States - 11 Jul 1895

K

• John Harvey Kellogg 26 Feb 1852 Tyrone, Michigan - 14 Dec 1943

M

• Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès 24 Oct 1817 Draguignan, Var, France - 31 May 1880
• William James Morrison 12 Sep 1860 Tennessee - 27 Oct 1926

N

• Hugh Smith Nesbitt 22 Apr 1897 Mound City, Pulaski, Illinois, United States - 18 Nov 1943
• Wilhelm Normann 16 Jan 1870 Petershagen, Germany - 1 May 1939

P

• John Stith Pemberton 8 Jul 1831 Knoxville, Georgia, United States - 16 Aug 1888
• Edwin Elijah Perkins 8 Jan 1889 Lewis, Cass, Iowa, United States - 3 Jul 1961

P cont.

• Henry Drushel Perky 7 Dec 1843 Salt Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States - 29 Jun 1906
• Joseph Priestley 13 Mar 1733 Fieldhead, Birstall, West Yorkshire, England - 6 Feb 1804

R

• George Henry Rackensperger 2 Feb 1903 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 10 Sep 1975
• Ira Remsen 10 Feb 1846 New York City, New York, USA - 4 Mar 1927
• Durbin Richardson 7 Nov 1882 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States - 10 Feb 1958
• Johannes Riegel 3 Apr 1893 - 31 Mar 1945

S

• Ferdinand Schumacher 30 Mar 1822 Celle, Hanover, Germany - 1908
• Edward Henderson Snyder Jr 5 Apr 1871 York, Pennsylvania, United States - 17 Oct 1952

T

• Charles Townshend KG PC 18 Apr 1674 Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England - 21 Jun 1738

V

• James Vernor 11 Apr 1843 Albany, Albany County, New York, United States of America - 29 Oct 1927
• Artturi Ilmari Virtanen 15 Jan 1895 Helsinki, Finland - 11 Nov 1973

W

• Neil Callen Ward 12 Nov 1882 St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States - 13 Oct 1939