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Baekeland, Leo Hendrik (1863 - 1944)

Belgian-born American chemist who invented Velox photographic paper and Bakelite, an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and very popular plastic.

See also: Bakelite.

Subjects: Chemistry Famous Scientists & Engineers