Birdseye, Clarence 1886-1956. US inventor who
pioneered food refrigeration processes. While
working as a fur trader in Labrador 1912-16
he was struck by the ease with which food
could be preserved in an Arctic climate. Back
in the USA he found that the same effect
could be obtained by rapidly freezing
prepared food between two refrigerated metal
plates. To market his products he founded the
General Sea Foods Co. 1924, which he sold to
General Foods 1929.