Temporary Disabled. :) please Go back Leo Baekeland - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia www.fgks.org » Address: [go: up one dir, main page] Include Form Remove Scripts Accept Cookies Show Images Show Referer Rotate13 Base64 Strip Meta Strip Title Session Cookies Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Give to Wikipedia About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Leo Baekeland Belgium American inventor (1863-1944) Language Watch Change 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, 1863Ghent, BelgiumDiedFebruary 23, 1944(1944-02-23) (aged 80)Beacon, New York, USAOccupationchemist/inventorKnown forplastics research, Bakelite, NovolacAwardsJohn Scott Medal (1910) References change ↑ "Chemical Achievers: Leo Hendrik Baekeland". Chemical Heritage Foundation. 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-11-08. ↑ Amato, Ivan (1999-03-29). "Time 100: Leo Baekeland". Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2007-11-08. This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
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]