Eben Norton Horsford

Eben Norton Horsford
Born(1818-07-27)July 27, 1818
Moscow, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 1, 1893(1893-01-01) (aged 74)
CitizenshipUnited States
Known forGlycocoll
Baking powder
Viking research
Spouses
(m. 1847; died 1855)
Phoebe Dayton Gardiner
(m. 1857)
ChildrenCornelia Horsford
Lilian Horsford
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsAlbany Female Academy
Lawrence Scientific School

Eben Norton Horsford (July 27, 1818 – January 1, 1893) 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.