Leo Baekeland
Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Ghent , November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. He invented Velox photographic paper (1893). He also made Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic, which marks the beginning of the modern plastics industry.[1][2]
Leo Hendrik Baekeland | |
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Born | November 14, 1863 |
Died | February 23, 1944 | (aged 80)
Occupation | chemist/inventor |
Known for | plastics research, Bakelite, Novolac |
Awards | John Scott Medal (1910) |
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