Theron T Pond was the founder of the T.T Ponds company which he co-founded along with several associates in 1849.

He developed the Ponds extract, to be used as a “healing tea”, from the bark of witch hazel

Witch hazel

Witch hazel may refer to:*Witch-hazel , a genus of decorative shrubs in North America and east Asia*Witch hazel , an astringent topical medicine derived from the Hamamelis plant...

. This was used as a topical salve for wounds and purported remedy for numerous other ailments. Though, he was the founder of the company, he could not hold on to it for long and sold it soon. The company he founded was incorporated

Incorporation (business)

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 with the name Pond's extract company in the year 1914. Pond's Creams

Pond's Creams

Pond's Cream is a brand of beauty and health care products that is produced by the Ponds Institute which is owned by the multinational company Unilever.-History:...

 is currently produced by Unilever

Unilever

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. He died in the year 1852.