Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Born: 1863Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium
Synthetic resins—Baekeland developed the thermosetting synthetic resin bakelite which helped found the modern plastics industry. He also invented Velox photographic paper. (1978)
Died: 1944George H. Babcock | The National Inventors Hall of Fame | Rodney Bagley |
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