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Leo Hendrik Baekeland HonFRSE (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. Educated in Belgium and Germany, he spent most of his career in the United States. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and Bakelite in 1907.
It was named for its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863–1944), who discovered the durable plastic in 1907. Baekeland’s inventive and entrepreneurial genius also propelled him into several other new chemical technological ventures throughout his life.
Leo Baekeland was a U.S. industrial chemist who helped found the modern plastics industry through his invention of Bakelite, the first thermosetting plastic (a plastic that does not soften when heated).
The National Museum of American History houses the original Bakelizer, the steam pressure vessel used by chemist-entrepreneur Leo Hendrik Baekeland to commercialize his discovery of Bakelite - the world's first completely synthetic plastic.
Leo Baekeland, (born Nov. 14, 1863, Ghent, Belg.—died Feb. 23, 1944, Beacon, N.Y., U.S.), Belgian-born U.S. industrial chemist. A teacher of chemistry in Belgium, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1889.
Baekeland founded General Bakelite Co. in 1910, and by 1922, the Redmanol Chemical Products Co., founded by L.V. Redman, was merged to create the Bakelite Corporation. He became a professor at Columbia University in 1917 and became a U.S. Citizen two years later.
Apr 10, 2023 · It was the ingenuity of a brilliant Belgian scientist named Leo Baekeland that gave birth to this ubiquitous material. But how did Baekeland, a visionary scientist, manage to invent a groundbreaking substance that would go on to define the 20th century and transform the lives of people worldwide?
Leo Baekeland (born Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland [1863 – 1944]) was a Belgian born American chemist whose invention of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, led to the creation of the modern plastics industry and a drastic transformation of the way material products were manufactured and marketed.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland. Bakelite. U.S. Patent No. 942,699. Inducted in 1978. Born Nov. 14, 1863 - Died Feb. 23, 1944. Leo Hendrik Baekeland is cited for his research in electric insulation, synthetic resins, and plastics.
LEO HENDRIK BAEKELAND. 1863-1944. BY. CHARLES. F. KETTERING. on November 14, 1863. He was a son of Charles and Rosalie (Merchie) Baekeland, a Belgian family of m. derate circumstances. Entering school at the age of 5, he passed through the elementary schools and the Atheneum, a g.
