Gideon Daniel Searle (February 13, 1846 Randolph County, Indiana - January 22, 1917 Chicago, Illinois) was a druggist[1] and the founder of pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle, LLC.[2]
The company was founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1888, moved to Chicago in 1910 before moving to Skokie, Illinois. The company was acquired by Monsanto in 1987 for $2.7 billion.[3] His father Herman Searle helped establish a Congregational church.[4]
References
- John Gideon Searle retrieved 6 December 2019^
- Searle family Forbes, retrieved 6 December 2019^
- Trevor Jensen. Daniel C. Searle: 1926 - 2007 The Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2007, retrieved 6 December 2019^
- Acts of a Local Nature Passed at the Session of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio 1838^