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
(1863–1944)
BornNovember 14, 1863
DiedFebruary 23, 1944(1944-02-23) (aged 80)
Occupationchemist/inventor
Known forplastics research, Bakelite, Novolac
AwardsJohn Scott Medal (1910)

References change

  1. "Chemical Achievers: Leo Hendrik Baekeland". Chemical Heritage Foundation. 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  2. Amato, Ivan (1999-03-29). "Time 100: Leo Baekeland". Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2007-11-08.