Inventor of preservative chemicals Born in 1894, Lloyd Augustus Hall lived in a world with very little safeguards against food spoilage. He graduated top of his class in high school, where he was one of five Black students. Hall also attained a Bachelor of Science in pharmaceutical chemistry from Northwestern University in 1914, and did […]
Inventor of the Potato chip George Crum, (born George Speck), invented the potato chip. Born in 1824, he grew up in New York. At the age of 25, started working at Moon’s Lake House, a high-end restaurant that served rich Manhattanites. This is where he would create his invention. The nickname “Crum” came about from […]
Inventor of the Ice Cream Scoop Alfred L. Cralle was born in 1866 in Virgina, just after the end of the Civil War. As a result of his father’s profession as a carpenter, he developed an interest in mechanics. He is the inventor of the ice cream scoop. Cralle attended Wayland Seminary, founded by the […]
