Gail Borden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gail Borden

U.S. inventor, surveyor, and publisher, and was the inventor of condensed milk

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1801

Place of Birth: Norwich, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1874

Profession: businessperson, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gail Borden Jr.
(November 9, 1801 – January 11, 1874) was a native New Yorker who settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and inventor.
He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk.
Earlier Borden helped plan the cities of Houston and Galveston in 1836. Borden's process for making sweetened condensed milk enabled the dairy product to be transported and stored without refrigeration, and for longer periods than fresh milk.
After returning to the New York area to market another product, he set up factories for condensed milk in Connecticut, and later in New York and Illinois.
Demand was high for his product by the Union Army during the American Civil War.
His New York Condensed Milk Company changed its name to Borden Dairy Co.
after his death.