Theron Tilden Pond (August 20, 1800 – February 22, 1852) was an American pharmacist and businessman, credited as the founder of the T. T. Pond company, which he co-founded along with several associates in 1849.
Biography
Theron T. Pond was born in
Augusta, New York on August 20, 1800.
He married Sarah Mary Van Ranst in 1831, and they had four children.
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He developed "Pond's Extract", to be used as a "healing tea", from the bark of witch hazel. This was used as a topical salve for wounds and purported remedy for numerous other ailments. Though he was the founder of the company, he could not hold on to it for long and sold it soon. The company he founded was incorporated with the name ''Pond's Extract Company'' in 1914. Pond's Cream is currently produced by ]Unilever
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Pond died in Utica, New York
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on February 22, 1852.[
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References
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1800 births
1852 deaths
19th-century American pharmacists