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Leo Baekeland
1944Feb, 23

Leo Baekeland

Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
Leo Hendrik Baekeland

(November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian-American chemist. 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": 13  for his invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, non-flammable and versatile plastic, which marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry.

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