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Crum, George (Chef)

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Personal name headingCrum, George (Chef)
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeSaratoga Springs (N.Y.)
Birth date1846-09-05
Death date1914-07-22
Place of birthMalta (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityPotato chips
AffiliationCrum's House (Restaurant)
Profession or occupationInventors Cooks
Found inTaylor, Gaylia. George Crum and the Saratoga chip, 2006: ECIP t.p. (George Crum) Data view (chef who lived in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. in the 1800s; invented potato chips)
Taylor, Gaylia. George Crum and teh Saratoga chip, 2006: author's note (George Crum; born 1828; died 1914)
African American National Biography, accessed January 5, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Crum, George; George Speck; inventor, chef, cook. He was born 05 September 1846 in Malta, New York, United States; worked in the Adirondack Mountains, known as a guide, hunter, fisherman and farmer; in charge of the kitchen at Moon's Lake House on Saratoga Lake, New York (1853); widely reputed for inventing the potato chip (1930's); established restaurant, Crum's House, at the Saratoga Lake (1860). He died 22 July 1914 in New York, United States)