Eben Norton Horsford

Eben Norton Horsford
Born	(1818-07-27)July 27, 1818 Moscow, New York, United States
Died	January 1, 1893(1893-01-01) (aged 74)
Citizenship	United States
Known for	Glycocoll Baking powder Viking research
Spouses	Mary L'Hommedieu Gardiner ​ ​ (m. 1847; died 1855)​ Phoebe Dayton Gardiner ​ ​ (m. 1857)​
Children	Cornelia Horsford Lilian Horsford
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Albany 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.