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Edwin Elijah Perkins (January 8, 1889 – July 3, 1961), born in Lewis, Iowa, United States, invented the powdered drink mix Kool-Aid in 1927 in Hastings, Nebraska, after his family had moved to Hendley, Nebraska from Iowa in 1893. As a young man he worked with products like Jell-O, which was sold in his father's general store in Hendley.
Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen. [1] Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. To reduce shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack, leaving only a powder; this powder was named Kool-Aid.
Edwin Perkins (inventor) (1889–1961), American inventor of the Kool-Aid powder drink mix Edwin Perkins (politician) (1855–1937), British Conservative Party politician Ed Perkins (born 1953), Canadian mathematician
Edwin Arend Perkins, FRS, FRSC (born 31 August 1953) is a Canadian mathematician who has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia since 1989 and Canada Research Chair in Probability since 2001. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1988 and to the Royal Society in 2007.
Perkins in 1924. Colonel Sir Edwin King Perkins, CBE, VD [1] (28 February 1855 – 8 January 1937) [2] was a British Conservative Party politician.. Perkins was an officer in the Volunteer Force, serving in the Hampshire Regiment where he was lieutenant-colonel in command of the 2nd volunteer battalion, and held the honorary rank of colonel.
Perkins is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon corruption of the kin of Pierre ... Edwin Perkins (disambiguation), several people; Elisha Perkins (1741–1799), ...
Perkins LLC (also known as Perkins Restaurant & Bakery or Perkins American Food Co on the locations' signage) is an American casual dining restaurant chain which serves breakfast and other homestyle meals throughout the day in addition to bakery items including pies, muffins, and other sweets.
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills have their genesis with the father of William Henry Comstock, Edwin Perkins Comstock (1799–1837) who founded a drug company in New York City sometime before 1833. The Comstock patent medicine business was involved in the sale of a number of successful drugs, including Carlton's Pile Liniment, Oldridge's Balm of ...