Gail Borden Quotes


I tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded.


Context

Borden invented some of the basic methods of preserving food and assuring uncontaminated food—especially with dairy products.


Citations

Gail Borden 1801-1874, Food Scientist and Inventor, Founder of Borden’s Inc. food company, Epitaph on his Gravestone

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Gail Borden
Gail Borden
  • Born: November 9, 1801
  • Died: January 11, 1874
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: County Surveyor, Cartographer, Schoolteacher, Newspaper Owner, Soldier, Politician, Inventor, Businessman

Gail Borden Jr. 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.