death_date death_place children birth_place relatives birth_date known_for spouse signature image article_title name occupation
27 may 1912 oceanic , new jersey 7 fall river , massachusetts richard borden , father 18 july 1842 american printing company harriett m. durfee m.c.d. borden -lrb- signature -rrb- . jpg mcd borden 1895.jpg m.c.d. borden
 m.c.d. borden industrialist
m.c.d. borden

matthew chaloner durfee borden -lrb- july 18 , 1842 - may 27 , 1912 -rrb- -lrb- commonly referred to as m.c.d. borden -rrb- , was a textile leader from fall river , massachusetts who , in 1880 reorganized the failed american print works into the american printing company .
in the years that followed , his company would grow to become the largest cloth-printing company in the world , earning him the nickname `` the calico king '' .
his father was colonel richard borden , who founded the fall river iron works .
