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Leo Hendrik Baekeland

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Leo Hendrik Baekeland

Birth
Ghent, Arrondissement Gent, East Flanders, Belgium
Death
23 Feb 1944 (aged 80)
Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, USA
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Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Scientist, Inventor. Having graduated from the University of Ghent in Belgium in 1882 and having received his doctorate from there in 1884, he immigrated to the United States in 1889. He invented Velox, a photographic paper, and received a fortune when he sold his Nepera Chemical Company to Eastman Kodak in 1899. Experimenting with synthetic resins, he introduced Bakelite in 1907 and formed the Bakelite Company the next year, serving as president of the company until 1939.
Scientist, Inventor. Having graduated from the University of Ghent in Belgium in 1882 and having received his doctorate from there in 1884, he immigrated to the United States in 1889. He invented Velox, a photographic paper, and received a fortune when he sold his Nepera Chemical Company to Eastman Kodak in 1899. Experimenting with synthetic resins, he introduced Bakelite in 1907 and formed the Bakelite Company the next year, serving as president of the company until 1939.

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  • Originally Created by: Garver Graver
  • Added: Jul 23, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7704571/leo_hendrik-baekeland: accessed ), memorial page for Leo Hendrik Baekeland (14 Nov 1863–23 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7704571, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.