Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907. =)
The first commercially successful form of plastic, called Bakelite.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Leo Hendrik Baekeland is famous for inventing Bakelite plastic and has the patent on a 'Method of Making Insoluable Products of Phenol and Formaldehyde'.
Plastic
Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite, attended Ghent Municipal Technical School and graduated with honors. After that, he went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Ghent.
The first commercially successful form of plastic, called Bakelite.
Leo baekeland
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Bakelite was prepared for the first time by Leo Baekeland in 1907, in Belgium.
Leo Baekeland patented Bakelite.
plastic called bakelite
44 years old.
Yes he did. More info on wikipedia under bakelite.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland is famous for inventing Bakelite plastic and has the patent on a 'Method of Making Insoluable Products of Phenol and Formaldehyde'.
Plastic
Bakelite (plastic) invented by Leo Baekeland.
Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite, attended Ghent Municipal Technical School and graduated with honors. After that, he went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Ghent.