Leo Baekeland

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Science and technology

Knowledge cost

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Influence

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Resistance

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In collections

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What Wikipedia says

Leo Hendrik Baekeland ( BAYK-land; Dutch: [ˈleːjoː ˈɦɛndrɪɡ ˈbaːkəlɑnt]; 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.

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