Leo Baekeland
1863
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1944
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Belgium, United States of America
educated at: Ghent University
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. Educated in Belgium and Germany, he spent most of his career in the United States. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and Bakelite in 1907. He has been called "The Father of the Plastics Industry" for his invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, non-flammable and versatile plastic, which marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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