Robert C. Baker

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Robert Carl Baker (born December 29, 1921 in Newark , New York , † March 13, 2006 in Lansing , New York) was an American nutritionist and from 1957 to 1989 professor at Cornell University . He is considered to be the inventor of the chicken nuggets .

Robert Baker received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1943 in the field of fruit tree science . After that, he worked for four years in a branch of the Cornell University and acquired in 1949 at the Pennsylvania State University to master -degree in field marketing . This was followed by a doctoral thesis at Purdue University and in 1957 he was appointed professor at Cornell University, where he taught until his retirement in 1989. In 1970 he became the founding director of the Cornell Institute of Food Science and Marketing .

Since the 1960s, Baker has been developing numerous new types of preparation for poultry meat , including various types of sausage, turkey ham, chicken hot dogs and the molded meat known as chicken nuggets . For the chicken nuggets Baker also invented a method for the industrial production of even after freezing still adhering breading and one as chicken Cornell barbecue sauce marketed seasoning sauce .

Robert Baker died in 2006 of complications from a heart attack .

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  1. ↑ Robert C. Baker, creator of chicken nuggets and Cornell chicken barbecue sauce, dies at 84. ( Memento of December 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) On: news.cornell.edu of March 16, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Robert C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker, Robert Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American nutritionist, inventor of the chicken nuggets
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2006
Place of death Lansing (New York)